@article{article_496377, title={Wind Energy in Turkey: Potential and Development}, journal={The Eurasia Proceedings of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics}, pages={132–136}, year={2018}, author={Yılmaz Ulu, Eylem and Dombaycı, Omer Altan}, keywords={Wind energy,Wind energy power plants,Wind turbine,Energy strategies,Turkey}, abstract={<p> <span lang="TR" style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-ansi-language:TR;mso-fareast-language:AR-SA;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">According to the scenarios, despite the relatively low share of fossil fuels in the period until 2040, these fuels will continue to be dominant sources. It is estimated that the share of nuclear energy in primary energy sources will increase and the share of renewable energy sources will be 16.1 percent in 2040. According to the current policies scenario, global electricity demand is expected to increase by an average of 2.3 percent each year and increase by 80 percent from its present value by 2040. In order to meet this increase the share of renewable energy sources like solar, wind, geothermal, etc. in energy production needs to be increased. Turkey’s wind energy potential is estimated to be 48 GW, i.e. 120 billion kWh. The number of power plants that generate electricity based on wind energy is increasing every year, and according to the current data, there are 155 licensed power plant with the value of  6437.9 MW and 39 unlicensed wind power plant with the value of  28.48 MW. In this study, development and potential of wind energy in Turkey has been examined with the latest data. </span> <br> </p>}, number={4}, publisher={ISRES Publishing}