Renewable Energy Research Group
Many
factors such as the rapid increase of the world population, industrialization,
global climate change, urbanization, diversification, and increase of people's
needs have revealed significant reductions in natural resources. Also, the natural
balance has been damaged. Energy is an indispensable need in human life and the
demand for energy increases every year. Industrialization has played an
important role here. Today, energy supply is mostly sourced from fossil
sources. However, due to the negative
effects mentioned above, renewable energy & sustainable energy concepts
come to the fore in developed countries.
There
are various resources of renewable energy. These can be summarized as follows:
1)
Wind energy
2)
Solar energy
3)
Biomass energy
4)
Hydraulic energy
5)
Geothermal energy
6)
Wave energy
7)
Hydrogen energy
Renewable
energy is defined as energy that is obtained sustainably from natural
resources. In this context, the topic of renewable energy attracts the
attention of both science and industry in terms of sustainable management and
use of natural resources, circular economy, carbon footprint / ecological
footprint, and energy efficiency. Numerous research activities are carried out
in this direction.