An economic outlook to renewable energy in Turkey

oday, energy is very important input for the countries economic life and it creates various economic, social and environmental results. For the countries who started to act under the sustainability motto, this side of the energy started to be more important, because at one side, by generating electricity carbon dioxide gas destroys environment, that creates global problems, at the other side, scientists and economists concern to renewable energy sources, which helps environment to find its ntural balance. Today, by the improved technologies, countries increased energy needs can be provided with renewable energy sources efficiently, economicly, continually, secure and clean. The economic side of the renewable energy sources is very important for the developing countries like Turkey, which is dependent to other countries for the energy sources. In Turkey there are potantional reserves of renewable energy sources such as, wind, solar, biomass, hydroelectric and geothermal energy. The aim of this work is to show Turkey's all renewable energy sources on a map and to examine the effects of renewable energy usage in developing countries on real GDP. For reaching these goals first the renewable energy sources are introduced by topics, than the situation of renewable sources on the world is examined, than Turkey's renewable energy sources potantional, production and consumption examined and Turkey's renewable energy map is created, at the end, an econometric model is created to examine the effect of renewable energy usage on real GDP on developing coutries. Key Words: Renewable Energy, Energy Supply Security, Global Climate Change, Turkey's Renewable Energy Map, Sustainable Development Summits