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Figure 4: Solar Energy Potential Atlas of Turkey<br />
Source: YEGM (<strong>2014</strong>).<br />
Tablo 53: Türkiye’nin Güneş Enerjisi Potansiyelinin Bölgelere Dağılımı<br />
ARZU YORKAN<br />
118<br />
Bölge<br />
Toplam Güneş Enerjisi<br />
(KWh/m 2 -Yıl)<br />
Güneşlenme Süresi (Saat/<br />
Yıl)<br />
Güneydoğu Anadolu 1460 2993<br />
Akdeniz 1390 2956<br />
Doğu Anadolu 1365 2664<br />
İç Anadolu 1314 2628<br />
Ege 1304 2738<br />
Marmara 1168 2409<br />
Karadeniz 1120 1971<br />
Source: EİE (2006)<br />
Figure 5: Solar Energy Potential and Sunshine Duration in Turkey by Each Region Source:<br />
(TMMOB-MMO, 20<strong>08</strong>)<br />
(The first column shows the regions; respectively, the Southeast Anatolia, the Mediterranean, the<br />
East Anatolia, the Aegean, the Marmara and the Black Sea; the second solar capacity; and the third<br />
column indicates sunshine duration (hours/year))<br />
of sunshine (TMMOB-MMO 20<strong>08</strong>)<br />
(see Figures 4/5/6). Thus Turkey’s<br />
solar energy capacity is equal to<br />
9.121 kWh / m 2 -year (ibid.), putting<br />
it 27th in the world. Despite this<br />
major potential, Turkey has not yet<br />
built any solar power stations but<br />
has been utilising it for water heating.<br />
Turkey has 12 million m 2 for the<br />
installed solar collectors producing<br />
hot water, which places it 4th in the<br />
world, with a 10 per cent ratio after<br />
China (55%), the EU (13%) and Japan<br />
(13%) (ibid.) (see Figure 7). For<br />
the biomass sources, Turkey is already<br />
taken action in this direction.<br />
The traditional wood and animal<br />
waste was utilised in the 1960s and<br />
1970s, and over time their share has<br />
been mostly replaced by fossil fuels.<br />
But Turkey is now trying to add<br />
the modern biomass sources to its<br />
energy supply mix. Though there is<br />
no noticeable development in this<br />
area for power generation, some<br />
legislative action in relation to the<br />
transport sector and an initial stage<br />
of implementations is on the agenda.<br />
In sum, Turkey’s renewable energy<br />
sector offers an outstanding<br />
resource capacity, and it is taking<br />
action to maximise this potential<br />
in response to its growing energy<br />
needs. The total installed capacity<br />
of renewable energy sources was<br />
only 12.277 MW in 2002, and this<br />
has been gradually increased over<br />
the past decade by 65 per cent, to<br />
21.114 MW in 2012 (Energy Ministry<br />
2012). By source, in 2011, the<br />
installed capacity for hydropower
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