Biomass energy potential of Turkey

In general, our country meets energy needs from fossil fuels. The main disadvantages of these fuels are that the damage to the environment and our country depends on foreign countries. Biomass can be grown in a wide variety of places, easily stored, help socio-economic developments and its environmental impact is more positive, electricity, chemical raw materials and liquid fuel are used in different industries today. Biomass energy has gained importance for Turkey due to these features and this importance will increase gradually. In this study, agricultural and animal based biomass energy potential of Turkey is investigated. The agricultural and animal statistical data are obtained from the data of the Turkish Statistical Institute in 2017. According to the study, total sown area is 15.856.351 hectare and 436.049.652,5 tons average dry biomass amount can be obtained from this area. The average dry biomass energy value of this area is 176.600.109,3 TEO. This dry biomass is equivalent to 2.053.859 MW energy. The total number of animals that are used for biomass source is 408.561.087 numbers. The amount of animal waste available in Turkey is 96.655.868,19 tons. 4.309.771.357 m3 /year biogas can be obtained from these wastes. This biogas is equivalent to 2,03 x 1010 kWh/year of electrical energy. Keywords: Agricultural Biomass, Animal-Based Biomass, Biogas, Turkey, Renewable Energy