TY  - JOUR
TI  - Increasing voluntary carbon credits potential via renewable energy  projects in Turkey
AB  - Turkey's renewable energy sources (RES) can be utilized to increase the  amount of electricity generation and significantly reduce emissions  from the energy sector. Voluntary carbon markets encourage electricity  generation using RES and make greater use of these sources. In this  study, the amount of emission reduction and carbon credits to be  obtained from the renewable power plants to be connected to the  Turkish electricity grid and the revenue to be obtained from carbon  credit trading have been calculated. Emission reduction amount has  been calculated by using combined margin CO2 emission factors. The  amount of CO2 emission reduction that can be achieved through the  renewable electricity generation between 2021-2024 is estimated as  454.94 MtCO2. Voluntary carbon credit revenue that can be obtained for  the period between 2016 and 2024 is $1.116 billion. A very small part of  the carbon reduction potential generated by renewable projects has  been the subject of trade through voluntary carbon certificate issuing organizations. Turkey's rich RES potential has not been adequately  utilized. The volume of carbon offsets that Turkey can generate by  renewable projects is considerably high.
AU  - Ozcan, Mustafa
DO  - 10.5505/pajes.2022.06882
PY  - 2022
JO  - Pamukkale Üniversitesi Mühendislik Bilimleri Dergisi
VL  - 28
IS  - 5
SN  - 2147-5881
SP  - 710
EP  - 719
DB  - TRDizin
UR  - http://search/yayin/detay/1134586
ER  -