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2022-1-27

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Erkan, Esengül

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The thesis examines the applications of renewable energy towards community energy as an urban policy in the local governments of Turkey. A comprehensive study was conducted on the energy production and consumption from renewable energy in the world and in Turkey, and the increase in global renewable energy activities in recent years was discussed together with issues such as climate crisis and localization. In the discussions on political, administrative, and financial decentralization and privatization policies, the representatives such as central and local governments, private sector, and non-governmental organizations are included. In the development process of the electricity sector in Turkey, incentive mechanisms for fossil fuels and renewable energy sources were developed and privatizations started within the scope of the objectives of ensuring electricity supply security and increasing renewable energy production. It has been identified that the practices in different countries are supported by support mechanisms, national enabling frameworks, the increase in the number of participants, and local energy activism. When the community energy is considered as a part of urban policies in Turkey's local governments, it has been defined there are some purposes such as reducing energy costs, generating income through the sale of excess production to the grid, or meeting climate targets. In the results section of the thesis, suggestions were presented in order to encourage solar energy applications with high environmental and economic returns for urban policy planning in Turkey.

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Community Energy, Decentralization, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/95250

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis