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ENERGY AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
unobstructed. Coal is a polluting energy source but after gasification, there is a possibility for
mixing the coal gas with natural gas and giving the mixture to the system after the mixture is
cleaned. In addition to that, there is the opportunity of emission control in coal gasification
systems. If coal will be used in industry and buildings in a situation of energy crisis,
emissions will be produced in very different points. Instead of that building central gasification
stations with a very good control system and render natural gas + gas systems to a
sustainable situation can be useful and meaningful. This can be unavoidable before
hydrogen and other alternatives. The new and renewable energy technologies will not be in a
highly developed situation yet when the usage of petrol is going to be impossible. In this
situation, countries can lean to the coal if they have coal potentiality. Measures have to be
taken for using coal with a clean method when this tendency is occurred. Biogas, animal and
plant wastes are not so unimportant for energy production, even if they are considered to be
insufficient. Biogas can be obtained from leaves and tree wastes.
The renewable energy technologies and the energy quantities which are necessary for
production per unit have to be kept always in the journal and policy of the country. Legal
regulations have to be performed and the State has to give effort to make the public
assimilate these regulations highly.
In industrial, residential and tertiary sectors, instead of carrying the natural gas with local
networks and pipelines, a regional natural gas combined circuit plants can be built up and
carrying electrical energy into the buildings. Greenhouse systems and heat pump systems
using this electrical energy can be used in buildings for heating. These will provide high
energy efficiency and operational facilities. In addition to these, heat pump systems can be
operated with the waste heat of the circuit plants. The efficiency of combined circuit plants is
54%. The usage of the waste heat in absorptive cooling systems and regional heating can
increase this efficiency. Greenhouse systems can reduce energy consumption to 40% in
buildings. The State has to subsidize the production and selling of solar cells in any case and
encourage the people. The State can perform also a policy like not to take fees for fuels for a
couple of years from people who set up a heat pump system for heating.
5. Annexes to be attached to the Study
There were some difficulties to get the information necessary to produce this study. It was
difficult to get information from the main sources about these subjects. Consequently, I had
to get information from the internet sites of the state and from published articles which are
about the energy subject of Turkey. But sometimes, it had been so difficult to obtain the
information from these sites and articles, which are actually needed.
This study had been analysed from the National standpoint, but it had been so difficult to
analyse it from Mediterranean standpoint, because Turkey has a national strategy for
sustainable development but does not have a clear Mediterranean strategy for sustainable
development.
Some statistical tables are given below which can be useful for understanding the study
better.
The list of the main references used are given under the tables.