UTKU KÖKER

A Regional Energy Optimization for Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Abstract

In recent years the relationship between energy security, society and sustainable development led to the improvements in energy planning interfaces. The dissemination of these interfaces finalized with increasing participation of societies in energy planning issues over the years. Even though national level analysis are studied since 1970s, regional level energy analysis are gaining popularity only in recent years. EU powerfully supports open source programs with Horizon 2020 initiative especially in energy sector. “Open Source Energy Modelling System” (OSEMOSYS) which is a project under Horizon 2020 is used as the modelling platform in this paper. This paper describes an implementation of OSEMOSYS within Afyonkarahisar a small city in Internal Aegean Region of Turkey. Agricultural, industrial, residential, lighting and energy sectors are studied in a time span of 2016-2031 from optimization point of view in the study. A “zero electricity importer Afyonkarahisar” option is evaluated throughout the paper with a minimum of  %40 and %60 renewable energy constraints. The economical and environmental outputs of two scenarios are studied comparatively in the results section. OSEMOSYS is found to be a powerful tool for regional energy modelling purposes which enables various scenario analysis with high accuracy.

Biography

Utku KÖKER – born in Sinop, Turkey in 1978. Graduated from 9 Eylul University, BSc in Industrial Engineering, 2000, İzmir Turkey; 9 Eylül University, Msc in Industrial Engineering, respectively; Anadolu University, BSc in International Relations, 2015, Eskişehir Turkey, still studying as a PhD candidate in Süleyman Demirel University, in Industrial Engineering.

He is working in Provincial Disaster and Emergency Agency in Uşak as an industrial engineer since 2010. He is currently studying on his PhD thesis titled “Regional Energy Modelling and Optimization of Alternative Solution Approaches”