A Research In The Fıeld Of Energy Geography: Usage Of Solar Energy In The World And Turkey

The energy consumption increases rapidly due to the growth on population, concerns of countries regarding economical advancements and unexpected improvements of the technology. The price of conventional energy reserves is rising day by day. Since the traditional energy resources are limited by nature, it is inevitable that all the countries in the world have been affected from this economically, politically and environmentally. The solar energy is a powerful alternative to the traditional energy resources and has a great potential to solve as well as eliminate above mentioned problems. Turkey which is an importing country imports more half of energy need and this situation has negative impact on the country economy. So utilization from clean, domestic and renewable energy is commonly accepted as the key for future life for Turkey. Because of this and the fact that it has limited fossil fuel resources, a gradual shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources seems to be serious and the sole alternative for Turkey. This study aims to give information about solar energy as one of the most attractive energy in other renewable energy sources, photovoltaic tehnology which enables electiricity generation, an overwiew of this technology in Turkey and in the world and also exiting applications of solar cells.