Intermittent resources assessment on power grid under an hourly scaled bottom-up model

This study aims to model and examine the Turkish electricity sector by using TIMES modeling framework. It attempts to investigate the decisions of the proposed model under various scenarios. As the energy need grows globally, Turkey's need is also rising each year with the increase in population and industrialization. Properly planned investment decisions are needed to satisfy this need in future periods without facing increased costs or system instabilities. The current electricity sector is modeled in the reference scenario. Other scenarios for regional investment options for wind and solar power plants have been carried out. The policies about government incentives are applied in other scenarios. In the end, a system-wide analysis for cost and investment decisions is done. The results of the proposed scenarios are compared with the reference scenario. The potential pathways to the future electricity sector are underlined.