THE EVALUATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES IN TURKEY USING ENTROPY-TOPSIS METHOD

Abstract

The importance of renewable energy sources is increasing day by day as the demand for energy increases significantly in countries with fast-growing populations and economies. With this increasing importance, the selection of energy sources is also becoming very complex. This study aimed to evaluate the renewable energy sources in Turkey in terms of criteria such as economy, efficiency, employment, social acceptability, and economic life. In this context, 9 criteria were determined as a result of wide literature research and expert opinion and whose significance weights were calculated with the Entropy method; and the hydroelectric, wind, solar, biomass, and geothermal energy resources in Turkey have been listed with the TOPSIS method and the resources have been evaluated. The findings revealed that biomass, geothermal and hydroelectric energies take the first three places among the most suitable renewable energy sources for Turkey, followed by solar and wind energies, respectively.