Review Article
The Current Situation of Wind Energy in Turkey
Table 1
Distribution of resources of the Turkey’s gross electrical energy production (GWh).
| Resources | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
| Hard coal + Imp. coal | 13246.2 | 14216.6 | 15236.2 | 15857.5 | 16595.6 | 19104.3 | Lignite | 29946.3 | 32432.9 | 38294.7 | 41858.1 | 39089.5 | 35942.1 | Fuel-oil | 5120.7 | 4232.4 | 6469.6 | 7208.6 | 4439.8 | 2143.8 | Diesel | 2.5 | 57.7 | 13.3 | 266.3 | 345.3 | 4.3 | Natural gas | 73444.9 | 80691.2 | 95024.8 | 98685.3 | 96094.7 | 98143.7 | Renew. and wastes | 122.4 | 154.0 | 213.7 | 219.9 | 340.1 | 457.5 | Others | 359.3 | 50.3 | 43.9 | 43.6 | 18.0 | 31.9 | Total thermal | 122242.3 | 131835.1 | 155196.2 | 164139.3 | 156923.4 | 155827.6 | Hydro | 39560.5 | 44244.2 | 35850.8 | 33269.8 | 35958.4 | 51795.5 | Geothermal + wind | 153.4 | 220.5 | 511.1 | 1008.9 | 1931.1 | 3584.6 |
| Total | 161956.2 | 176299.8 | 191558.1 | 198418.0 | 194812.9 | 211207.7 |
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