The map prepared by Landgeist shows how intense wind turbines are in Europe and Turkey. While wind energy has a large share in energy production in the northern parts of Europe, this share is decreasing in the southern parts.
While the effects of climate change continue to slap us in the face every day, efforts to transition to green energy continue to accelerate all over the world. Wind energy, which is among the green energy methods, has a large share in these efforts. Alright, in Europe and Turkey used to exploit wind energy What about the wind turbines?
Here the answer to this question was given by Landgeist with the created image. Landgeist, which created a map with OpenStreetMap’s data from this year, is in the European continent. density of wind turbines showed. While the map shows that wind turbines are concentrated especially in Northern Europe, in Turkey only some regions are concentrated.
Density of wind turbines in Europe and Turkey:
According to the source data, where each green dot corresponds to a wind turbine, Denmark and Germany are literally equipped with turbines. So in these countries 58% of electricity is obtained from wind turbines shared. This proportion was similar in Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Belgium.
While high-density regions are also found in Southern Europe, it is found in Turkey and Greece. density was observed in selected regions. The region where turbines are most concentrated in Turkey was the western parts of the Marmara and Aegean Regions. Apart from this, densities can be seen in the Mediterranean region and especially in Hatay.
Latest official data about Turkey:
According to December 2021 data, there are a total of 3,868 wind turbines in Turkey. While these turbines produce a total of 10.58 gigawatts of energy, On April 1, 2022, the highest wind energy production of all time was realized with 189 thousand 258 megawatt-hours. This production capacity is equal to Turkey’s total energy production. It corresponded to a share of 22.67%.
In Turkey, it was accepted that 5 MW wind power plants per kilometer could be established in areas 50 meters above ground level and with wind speeds of 7.5 meters/second. The total area corresponding to this potential is It corresponds to 1.30% of Turkey’s surface area.
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