Evaluation of the Renewable Energy Investments in Turkey Using ANP and TOPSIS Methods

Sustainable energy policies constitute the most part of the sustainable development moves which are compulsory to be improved in order to increase prosperity level in global world on the basis of efficiency, economy and environmental awareness. In this scope, the countries have to carry out studies in order to use their renewable energy resources at the highest level possible. Within this context, the aim of this study is to evaluate the resources of Turkey having a considerable amount of potential renewable ones with the goal of realizing efficient, reliable, economic, uninterrupted and environmentally friendly electricity generation. In this study, to reach this goal, hydroelectric, wind, biomass, solar and geothermal energy resources in Turkey have been ranking by TOPSIS method under 4 main criteria and 12 related sub-criteria comprised of technical, economic, social and environmental factors determined based on the studies in literature and 2015-2019 Strategic Plan of the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources (MENR) and the weights of which are calculated with ANP method and the investment priorities which will be made by using these resources have been obtained.