Energy Assignment Part 3

I rank the types of energy to be implented in Turkey to coal power, solar power, and wind power.

Coal:

The cost of coal energy is inexpensive and Turkey has large investments in construction and production of coal already. Coal-fired power stations remain an important energy source for Turkey, and there is renewed interest in exploiting Turkey's domestic coal resources. Given the increase in electricity demand, coal's importance undoubtedly will rise. I ranked coal as first because not only does Turkey already use coal energy a lot, they have great economic gain through the exports of coal to other European countries.

Turkey has many coal resources. In 2008, Turkey had total recoverable coal reserves of 2.6 billion short tons, of which only 583 million short tons (MMst), or about 23 percent, was "hard coal" (anthracite and bituminous). The remainder, around 2,000 MMst, consists of lignite coal reserves. In 2010, Turkey produced 79 MMst of total coal and consumed about 109 MMst of total primary coal in 2010.
  

Solar:

The cost of solar energy is low and the increase production of solar power is mostly in the south of Turkey, which is also likely to continue increase as Turkey has plans to meet its energy demand by renewable resources. I ranked solar energy second because Turkey has only started to increase their energy demand with renewable resources. This is a good way to decrease the negative impacts on the environment.

The amount of sunlight that Turkey receives annually is equivalent to roughly 11,000 times the amount of electricity generated in Turkey in 1996. Clearly, both photovoltaic and solar-thermal systems could be used to great effect. Use of solar thermal is already widespread. Turkey's total solar energy potential is 35 Mtoe per year and solar energy production is expected to reach 602 kilo tonnes of oil equivalent (Ktoe) in 2010 and 1,119 Ktoe in 2020.






Wind:


The cost of wind power are also low and most of the wind power is located west of Turkey. Turkey's technical wind energy potential is 88,000 MW and its economic wind energy potential is 10,000 MW. 40 new wind farm projects have already obtained licences and 751 licence applications are still awaiting approval. Some cities in Turkey have high wind speeds. The most sites with lots of wind power are the Marmara Sea region, the Mediterranean Coast, the Aegean Sea Coast. I ranked wind energy last because wind energy is only available in certain regions where there is a lot of wind power. It seems that only certain regions in Turkey will benefit from this energy source.

Distribution of wind power stations: