Research Article

Solar Energy Validation for Strategic Investment Planning via Comparative Data Mining Methods: An Expanded Example within the Cities of Turkey

Table 2

Example data for electricity consumption in sectors for 2004.

CityHouseCommercialGovernmentalIndustryAgricultureStreet
lighting
Others

Adana27,712,33,244,21,93,47,2
Adiyaman21,66,43,052,36,61,09,1
Afyonkarahisar23,911,83,235,312,03,410,4
Ağri50,28,812,05,70,07,016,2
Amasya35,69,23,638,34,87,01,6
Ankara33,622,315,124,71,72,20,4
Antalya28,438,69,510,42,83,27,2
Artvin29,915,19,242,00,03,60,2
Aydin36,919,44,228,34,91,15,3
Balikesir30,414,04,234,11,62,613,1
Bilecik8,84,91,681,40,31,21,9
Bingöl51,110,916,92,10,19,29,7
Bitlis40,610,98,15,13,914,317,0
Bolu16,617,03,651,50,33,17,8
Burdur12,26,42,073,23,32,01,0
Bursa 17,310,51,865,50,61,03,3
Çanakkale10,85,31,876,11,01,53,4
Çankiri32,012,09,338,00,86,51,3
Çorum30,711,63,241,72,24,36,3
Denizli18,910,52,559,02,21,35,5
Diyarbakir36,212,813,714,36,62,513,9
Edirne26,112,54,234,010,42,810,0
Elaziğ25,97,428,123,47,52,45,3
Erzincan40,514,710,28,05,55,715,2
Erzurum38,613,718,419,20,56,72,9
Eskişehir21,910,06,347,05,02,86,9
Gaziantep 17,58,81,461,32,32,95,8
Giresun51,313,35,814,90,09,55,1
Gümüşhane51,014,69,15,21,510,38,3
Hakkari33,57,322,90,40,030,85,1
Hatay13,75,32,170,74,11,42,7
Isparta19,43,87,361,04,82,01,7
Mersin30,814,06,436,42,93,95,5
Istanbul34,328,43,229,00,01,53,5
Izmir20,19,92,758,92,12,43,9
Kars 27,19,99,322,70,110,520,4
Kastamonu32,012,96,943,00,63,61,0
Kayseri22,410,51,354,13,22,85,7
Kirklareli12,15,01,574,10,10,96,2
Kirşehir29,210,010,139,44,25,91,1
Kocaeli8,66,61,881,70,00,70,6
Konya17,48,84,547,816,92,52,1
Kütahya24,010,93,652,90,33,54,7
Malatya27,412,87,636,66,95,92,8
Manisa23,78,73,145,69,22,77,0
K. maraş13,55,21,569,82,21,86,0
Mardin 14,35,57,627,823,05,416,4
Muğla30,732,75,28,91,42,119,0
Muş38,311,024,25,50,214,85,9
Nevşehir21,713,38,221,328,55,81,3
Niğde15,15,27,545,123,92,21,1
Ordu39,311,44,233,00,08,43,6
Rize34,813,15,039,70,04,82,6
Sakarya23,614,63,247,80,32,97,6
Samsun32,611,75,041,02,33,93,5
Siirt 21,97,010,050,70,56,93,0
Sinop45,914,76,120,31,18,33,7
Sivas24,38,55,849,71,85,74,2
Tekirdağ10,04,00,978,60,10,85,7
Tokat37,311,95,030,01,76,08,1
Trabzon44,216,95,418,90,16,18,4
Tunceli38,49,927,14,70,19,710,0
Ş. urfa30,28,93,417,823,02,813,8
Uşak17,59,41,662,61,42,05,5
Van41,016,99,412,40,16,613,6
Yozgat29,310,63,528,911,07,29,5
Zonguldak 13,73,62,976,20,02,21,4
Aksaray26,110,56,021,829,75,00,8
Bayburt52,713,87,811,90,98,74,2
Karaman18,87,05,433,130,82,92,0
Kirikkale25,59,24,149,80,74,16,5
Batman28,611,05,333,02,58,611,0
Şirnak37,69,720,43,42,10,726,0
Bartin41,213,713,526,60,15,00,0
Ardahan50,717,416,00,40,09,26,3
Iğdir47,814,218,46,70,010,42,5
Yalova20,411,45,160,00,30,42,2
Karabük19,65,52,469,30,12,30,7
Kilis41,09,810,216,77,45,69,3
Osmaniye27,710,36,247,32,01,84,7
Düzce26,111,56,547,00,03,85,2
 Total24,414,84,546,22,92,54,7

As an example data set for one year, our data goes back for ten years for 81 cities. The subtitles under consumption include the following:
(i) House: the electricity usage in ordinary homes by ordinary citizens.
(ii) Commercial: the consumption in commercial buildings like supermarkets, small enterprises, trade centers, and so forth.
(iii) Governmental: the consumption in all governmental buildings and facilities like ministries, schools, courts, public parks and universities, and so forth.
(iv) Industry: energy consumption by industry representing the usage in industrial buildings as factories and any kind of production facilities.
(v) Agriculture: the consumption especially in fields or greenhouse facilities for irrigation, spraying, pruning or planting, and so forth.
(vi) Street lighting: the electricity consumption for lighting the streets and roads during nights.
(vii) Others: the amount of illegal usage of electricity.