Research Article

RENEWABLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OECD COUNTRIES: A WINDOW ANALYSIS APPLICATION

Volume: 37 Number: 1 March 1, 2019
  • Mihraç Küpeli
  • Seher Bodur
  • İhsan Alp

RENEWABLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OECD COUNTRIES: A WINDOW ANALYSIS APPLICATION

Abstract

Global warming and climate change are two of the most popular and urgent issues to be solved in recent years for all countries in the world. Many international agreements and protocols have been signed to solve these two problems. The main goal of this act is to stop global warming and climate change by reducing the use of fossil fuels. The aim of this study is to evaluate the OECD countries' renewable energy performances and make proposals to guide future energy policies. In the study, 35 countries in the OECD were taken as decision-making units. Per capita national income to demonstrate the renewable energy performance of OECD countries in 2010-2015 is included as input; electricity production quantities obtained by renewable energy sources as output variables. In the review, Window Analysis (WA) based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) was used which is a powerful methodology used to determine the relative performance of Decision Making Units (DMUs). As a result of the study, the top five countries with the highest renewable energy performance in 2010-2015 were Iceland, Finland, Portugal, Spain and Czech Republic respectively. The five countries with the lowest renewable energy performance are Mexico, Israel, Korea, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Turkey is taking 19th place in the relative renewable energy performance ranking among OECD countries. Increasing trend has been observed in Turkey's performance. Nevertheless, in order to be able to move to efficient position it is necessary to increase the renewable energy production by more than four-fold, almost five-fold.

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English

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Research Article

Authors

Mihraç Küpeli This is me
0000-0001-5403-8512
Türkiye

Publication Date

March 1, 2019

Submission Date

October 8, 2018

Acceptance Date

February 15, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 37 Number: 1

APA
Küpeli, M., Bodur, S., & Alp, İ. (2019). RENEWABLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OECD COUNTRIES: A WINDOW ANALYSIS APPLICATION. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, 37(1), 305-318. https://izlik.org/JA72AJ82ZD
AMA
1.Küpeli M, Bodur S, Alp İ. RENEWABLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OECD COUNTRIES: A WINDOW ANALYSIS APPLICATION. SIGMA. 2019;37(1):305-318. https://izlik.org/JA72AJ82ZD
Chicago
Küpeli, Mihraç, Seher Bodur, and İhsan Alp. 2019. “RENEWABLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OECD COUNTRIES: A WINDOW ANALYSIS APPLICATION”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 37 (1): 305-18. https://izlik.org/JA72AJ82ZD.
EndNote
Küpeli M, Bodur S, Alp İ (March 1, 2019) RENEWABLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OECD COUNTRIES: A WINDOW ANALYSIS APPLICATION. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 37 1 305–318.
IEEE
[1]M. Küpeli, S. Bodur, and İ. Alp, “RENEWABLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OECD COUNTRIES: A WINDOW ANALYSIS APPLICATION”, SIGMA, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 305–318, Mar. 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA72AJ82ZD
ISNAD
Küpeli, Mihraç - Bodur, Seher - Alp, İhsan. “RENEWABLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OECD COUNTRIES: A WINDOW ANALYSIS APPLICATION”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences 37/1 (March 1, 2019): 305-318. https://izlik.org/JA72AJ82ZD.
JAMA
1.Küpeli M, Bodur S, Alp İ. RENEWABLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OECD COUNTRIES: A WINDOW ANALYSIS APPLICATION. SIGMA. 2019;37:305–318.
MLA
Küpeli, Mihraç, et al. “RENEWABLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OECD COUNTRIES: A WINDOW ANALYSIS APPLICATION”. Sigma Journal of Engineering and Natural Sciences, vol. 37, no. 1, Mar. 2019, pp. 305-18, https://izlik.org/JA72AJ82ZD.
Vancouver
1.Mihraç Küpeli, Seher Bodur, İhsan Alp. RENEWABLE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF OECD COUNTRIES: A WINDOW ANALYSIS APPLICATION. SIGMA [Internet]. 2019 Mar. 1;37(1):305-18. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA72AJ82ZD

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