Global warming and renewable energy sources for sustainable development: a case study in Turkey

S Bilgen, S Keleş, A Kaygusuz, A Sarı… - … and sustainable energy …, 2008 - Elsevier
Renewable energy sources have been important for humans since the beginning of
civilization. For centuries and in many ways, biomass has been used for heating and …

Energy production, consumption, and environmental pollution for sustainable development: A case study in Turkey

K Bilen, O Ozyurt, K Bakırcı, S Karslı, S Erdogan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2008 - Elsevier
There is increasing consensus in both the scientific and political communities that significant
reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are necessary to limit the magnitude and …

Estimation of solar radiation over Turkey using artificial neural network and satellite data

O Şenkal, T Kuleli - Applied energy, 2009 - Elsevier
This study introduces artificial neural networks (ANNs) for the estimation of solar radiation in
Turkey (26–45 E and 36–42N). Resilient propagation (RP), Scale conjugate gradient (SCG) …

The evaluation of renewable energy technologies for electricity generation in Turkey using intuitionistic fuzzy TOPSIS

FE Boran, K Boran, T Menlik - Energy Sources, Part B: Economics …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Due to global warming and climate changes, the utilization of renewable energy not only
plays a key role in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases in the world but also will supply …

Simple model for the generation of daily global solar-radiation data in Turkey

H Bulut, O Büyükalaca - Applied Energy, 2007 - Elsevier
Modelling, performance analysis, and designing of solar energy systems depend on solar
radiation data. In this study, a simple model for estimating the daily global radiation is …

Improvement of efficiency through an energy management program as a sustainable practice in schools

F AlFaris, A Juaidi, F Manzano-Agugliaro - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2016 - Elsevier
Educational sector is growing drastically as a result of upward trend of population. These
schools require tremendous quantities of energy units to be generated and consumed. As a …

Modeling of solar radiation using remote sensing and artificial neural network in Turkey

O Şenkal - Energy, 2010 - Elsevier
Artificial neural networks (ANNs) were used to estimate solar radiation in Turkey (26–45° E,
36–42° N) using geographical and satellite-estimated data. In order to train the Generalized …

Grid connected solar photovoltaic system as a tool for green house gas emission reduction in Turkey

AD Adam, G Apaydin - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Energy production in a safe and hazard free manner is one of the world׳ s greatest concern.
Since the inception of Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted in 1997 and entered into force in …

Generation of typical meteorological year for different climates of Turkey

S Pusat, İ Ekmekçi, MT Akkoyunlu - Renewable Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Data created by typical weather year approaches, like typical meteorological year, are
widely used in building performance analysis studies. In the literature, there are only two …

An overview of energy balance compared to sustainable energy in United Arab Emirates

A Juaidi, FG Montoya, JA Gázquez… - … and sustainable energy …, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper summarized an overview of energy balance and greenhouse gas emissions at
UAE in order to prompt renewable and sustainable energy practices. Electricity demand has …