Using solar energy in agricultural irrigation: Case of Muş province

The value of alternative renewable energy sources for fossil fuel-poor countries is increasing today, when the demand for energy in the world increases, fossil fuels cause global warming and increase foreign dependency. Muş province is one of the provinces of Turkey with high solar energy potential. However, due to the fact that it has the Muş plain, which is the fifth largest inland plain of the country, and the plains of Bulanık, Malazgirt and Liz, irrigation of these plains by using solar energy is important for the development of the city's economy. With this study; First of all by revealing the potential of the arable areas of our province, it is to ensure that the agricultural areas that cannot be reached by water are brought into agriculture with the existing and planned irrigation channels. This study has been carried out in order to provide the energy required for this from solar energy systems and to bring the stream and ground waters of all arable lands to modern agriculture. Secondly, the use of renewable clean energy sources by utilizing the solar energy potential of our province. Emphasizing the potential of solar energy, which is an environmentally friendly, inexpensive energy source. Thirdly, the most important of the aims of this study is to create formulas to automatically and simplify the cost calculations required to use solar energy, one of the renewable energy sources of the agricultural field, and to provide all necessary cost and depreciation calculations with a few data.