Turkey has significant potential for solar power due to its high levels of sunlight throughout the year. The southern and western parts of Turkey commonly use solar power for water heating. Solar energy is also used for electricity production, industrial processes, greenhouse heating, and distillation. While solar panels are still mostly used in remote areas without electric grids, Turkey has over 100 solar energy companies and is a major producer and user of solar collectors worldwide.

1. SOLAR POWER IN TURKEY

2. SOLAR POWER AND THE USE OF IT IN
TURKEY
• Besides being a new and renewable energy
source, solar power has been a subject that a lot
of work is being done on in these days because it
doesn’t pollute the environment, it can be used
locally and doesn’t need a complex technology.
Heating and cooling buildings, seasoning plants
and producing electricity are some areas that
solar power is used in. Also some industrial
facilities use solar energy.

4. THE POTENTIAL OF SOLAR ENERGY IN
TURKEY
• Our country, when compared to world
countries, is more adventgous on the point of
solar energy potential because of its
geographical status. The average total
sunshine duration of Turkey is detected to be
about 2640 hours (daily total 7.2 hours) and
total radiation volume 1311kWh/m² per year
(daily total 3.6kWh/m²).

8. THE POTENTIAL SOLAR ENERGY IN TURKEY
Because of Turkey’s geographical position, the southern (Mediterranian) and
western(Aegean) parts of Turkeyuse most commonly solar power forheating
water.
The use of solar energy is very common in Agean region.

9. GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT SOLAR
ENERGY SYSTEMS IN TURKEY
• Solar cells- photovoltaic systems
• Solar cells are still the most appropriate type of
energy in places which electric network can not
reach. Assembled solar power being used in
road lighting, telecommunication stations,
beacons, fire observation stations of general
directorate of forestry in Turkey is about 300kW.

10. • Solar collectors:
• Assembled solar collector numbers in Turkey for the year
2001 is about 7.5 million m2. Commonly being used in
Aegean and Mediterranean regions, heat energy produced
from solar power is about 290 TEP per year. There are
approximately more than 100 companies that produce
solar cells and 2000 people employed in these companies.
Productivity capacities of these companies are about 750
thousand m² per year and some of the produced solar cells
are being exported. Thus, Turkey has been a noteworthy
country in production and use of solar collectors.

11. • THE AREAS THAT SOLAR SYSTEMS ARE USED IN TURKEY
• During active heating and producing electric energy.
• Heating drinking and pool water; boiling and cooking.
• Distillation of salty and carbonated water.
• Producing steam motors and other thermodynamic heat conversions.
• Warming greenhouses, seasoning herbal products.
• Day and night lighting.
• Conversing photochemicals and photosentetics.
• Producing hydrogen gas from solar power by electrolysis.