Renewable energy in Turkey: Great potential, low but increasing utilization, and an empirical analysis on renewable energy-growth nexus

Umit Bulut and Gonul Muratoglu

Energy Policy, 2018, vol. 123, issue C, 240-250

Abstract: Concerns about the exhaustion of fossil energy sources, energy security problems, and increasing environmental problems have led policy makers to pay greater attention to renewable energy sources all over the world. Additionally, high current account deficits stemming from energy import dependency make substitution of fossil energy with renewable energy a necessity for Turkey. Although Turkey has a great potential in terms of renewable energy, it has not begun to utilize this great potential until recent years. However, Turkey has many motives to utilize renewable energy further.

Keywords: Non-renewable and renewable energy sources; Energy import dependency; Turkey; Cointegration and causality tests; Economic growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2018.08.057

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