The Solar Power Use in Turkey

The sun, the source of life, will continue to produce energy for at least five billion years. Solar energy panels have begun to spread in Turkey since it is the cheap and easy way of producing power.

Turkey is one of the countries that can use solar energy in the best way thanks to its geographical location. According to many research, solar energy coming to our world in a second, is 700 times more than the annual energy production of our country. So, we can have energy in a very efficient way when enough conditions are provided. Turkey is in the fortunate position compared to other countries as it gets sunrays for 110 days of the year. South-eastern Anatolia, Mediterranean, Eastern Anatolia, Central Anatolia and the Aegean Region are the most sun-benefit regions, respectively. The Black Sea Region makes the minimum use of the sunrays. June is the month with the highest amount of sunlight, and December is with the least. 

In our country, we can use solar energy in two different ways. The first is solar collectors. These vehicles are used in water heating systems. It is generally preferred in Aegean and Mediterranean regions.

The second area of use is solar panels. It is used especially in places that do not have electrical networks and are far from central residential areas. These economically more preferable panels have also been used in building a bus station in Muğla and Diyarbakır.

Smart roofs at bus stations

Both bus stations can produce their own electricity thanks to the solar panels on their roofs. In fact, when it comes to surplus production, they can generate income by selling it to electricity distributors. This energy works peacefully with nature as well as its production style is renewable. While the carbon dioxide emission is reduced, cutting trees is also prevented.

Solar power is used in many areas from calculators to traffic lights, from satellites to streetlights. Today, thanks to technology, it has become suitable for personal use. You often see the news of those who produce their own electricity, right? You may be one of them very soon.

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The benefits you will provide with rooftop solar panels:

● you can make use of the areas you are not using effectively.

● It is environmentally friendly as it is a renewable energy source.

● Its continuity is guaranteed as long as it gets energy from the Sun.

● Energy is not affected by price-increase

● Except from installation and maintenance costs, it is free to use.

If we are to examine Solar Energy Map of Turkey, we can see that Kayseri OSB Solar Power Plant, Konya Karatay Kızılören GES, Derinkuyu Solar Power Plant, Makascı Engineering GES and Astor Energy Bozova GES are among the most efficient power plants in terms of productivity. Nonetheless, Turkey's energy intensity of the sun and the number of days taken into consideration, the current data of energy production potential is thought to be much beyond the update data.

For example, Kayseri OSB Solar Power Plant uses photovoltaic solar panels and generates electricity that can meet the electrical energy needs of 23.175 houses. In addition, it can meet all electrical energy needs (such as housing, industry, metro transportation, official apartments, environmental lighting) of 22 thousand 54 people in their daily life. In this way, it also helps to reduce foreign dependency in energy.

Other solar panel examples

Özkoyuncu Madencilik Balıkesir GES, located in Balıkesir, has an average of 18 thousand 127 people with an installed capacity of 40 MWe; Astor Energy Bozova Solar Power Plant in Şanlıurfa also meets all electrical energy needs of an average of 3,927 people with an installed power of 8.97 MWe.

Producing individual electricity and selling the excess to generate earnings in Turkey is legal. Generally, people living away from the centre do this. Although it is not very common to install panels that will produce electricity due to its cost, it is considered that an infinite source such as the Sun will be used most efficiently in the near future.