Promoting energy efficiency in Turkey in the light of best practices at the level of European Union and selected member states: Denmark and Germany

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2005
Öner, Başak
The aim of this thesis is to suggest the ways of promoting energy efficiency in Turkey in the light of best practices at the level of European Union and most energy efficient Member States, Denmark and Gremany. This thesis provides a critical evaluation of Turkish energy efficiency policies in transmission, distribution and consumption stages of energy by pointing out their weaknesses. The evaluations highlight the fact that Turkey has substantial energy saving potential in electricity distribution grids and end-use sectors. The EU, Danish and German experiences demonstrate that the greatest energy efficiency improvement could be achieved in industry sector. By taking these experiences and the problems of Turkey into consideration, this thesis recommends possible measures. It is concluded that, when the energy efficiency potential is evaluated, primarily attention could be paid to industry sector.

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B. Öner, “Promoting energy efficiency in Turkey in the light of best practices at the level of European Union and selected member states: Denmark and Germany,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2005.