CURRENT STATUS AND THE FUTURE PROJECTIONS OF THE TURKISH PELLET FUEL INDUSTRY: A SURVEY STUDY

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Karaca, Neşet Kutay

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As of 2019, Turkey has 22 million 740 thousand hectares forest assets nationwide and ranks at 31st worldwide; which positions Turkey as a potential large volume pellet fuel producer. Turkey has the potential to become a more important producer and consumer on global pellet fuel markets if certain strategic actions be taken. This thesis study aims to elaborate the current status of the Turkish pellet fuel industry and to explore the main opportunities and challenges facing the industry's future development which is a developed industry especially in Europe, and in its early life cycle stage in Turkey and has a strategic potential for the country in line with the renewable energy action plan, renewable energy targets and its high biomass potential. A survey study is conducted with 64 people who are accepted as experts in the fields of biofuels and pellet fuel. The purpose of the survey is to identify the challenges and barriers the industry is currently facing and to understand the expectations and views of experts on the future of the industry. The challenges in matters regarding policy support, raw materials, European Union harmonization process, logistics, environmental factors, competition with other solid fuels etc. are focused on, the expectations of the experts about these matters and the future of the industry determined and the possible patterns pointed out by the survey are tried to be revealed. These patterns provided a framework for the industry, general problems and barriers, and the resources on which they depend, and will help us understand the areas that require improvements for the future of the industry.

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Forestry Industry, Pellet Fuel, Renewable Energy, Strategic Analysis, Survey Research

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/91438

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

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N. K. Karaca, “CURRENT STATUS AND THE FUTURE PROJECTIONS OF THE TURKISH PELLET FUEL INDUSTRY: A SURVEY STUDY,” M.B.A. - Master of Business Administration, Middle East Technical University, 2021.