Determination of suitable areas for wind power plants with geographical information system (GIS): Sample of Tekirdağ province

DETERMINATION OF SUITABLE AREAS FOR WIND POWER PLANTS WITH GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS): SAMPLE OF TEKİRDAĞ PROVINCE Recently, the use of energy, which has increased in direct proportion to the increase in population, has directed people to renewable energy sources, which are depleted, which cannot be renewed, and which are unlimited from non-renewable energy sources. As a result of these advances, it is possible to determine the places where renewable energy sources can be used with the Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing which are produced as a result of the developments in technology and the determination of the locations of the power plants that will be established by these technologies can be realized with certain data. In this study, wind energy from renewable energy sources, the annual climate data obtained from meteorology, DEM (elevation - slope maps) and maps showing the power transmission lines and the wind power plants that can be established on the province of Tekirdag were determined. Area determination was done by using open source QGIS software by entering data and coordinate overlaps. Keywords; Wind power plant, Renewable energy sources, Geographic information systems, Wind energy, Open Source QGIS Software.