Building Rural Development Strategies Through Energy Resilience in Turkey: A Brown Revolution of Biogas and Cooperatives

• Main Author: Gömec, Görkem
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper 2013
• Subjects: Sustainable Development; Renewable Energy; Cooperatives; Turkey; Local; Farming; Agriculture; Biogas; Resilience; Energy; Manure; Residues; Rural Development; Renewable Bioenergy Research; Förnyelsebar bioenergi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-209718

While the growth of Turkey brings many prosperities, the required energy for this development creates a dependency that goes up to 80% of total energy consumption. In order to have a resilient energy system that adapts to sudden changes in an area where political and social conditions are not stable, Turkey needs a renewable energy source produced by domestic resources. This study shows that the abundant resources in agriculture sector for biomass energy production, especially biogas production, can be that energy source however, this will require a new rural development model that uses cooperatives in its centre. Further research and interviews suggest that, the cooperatives have the capacity, but not all of them have the opportunity and the support to take upon this task.