Turkey has a large agriculture sector and has set a target to produce 30 percent of its electricity from renewable sources and to diversify from heavily imported fossil fuels. This report is to provide an initial assessment of the availability and the potential use of agricultural residues in Turkey for the production of heat, power or combined heat and power. The specific agriculture residues covered in detail are crop and livestock residues. The energy end use options considered are briquettes, pellets, and large-scale combined heat and power from direct combustion or from biogas.
To accomplish this assessment, the tools and methodology of the Bioenergy and Food Security (BEFS) Approach, including the sustainable biomass assessment and the BEFS Rapid Appraisal tools, were utilised. The analysis was carried out at province level, uses country-specific data and conditions, and builds as much as possible on previous analyses carried out in Turkey and on ongoing efforts related to bioenergy potential assessment from agriculture residues. In addition to this, assessment of the availability of agro-processing residues was carried out through a short questionnaire conducted among agro-food and wood processing facilities.
The report Bioenergy and Food Security Assessment for Turkey is structured in five parts and covers a country overview of the agriculture and energy sectors, the assessment of the biomass potential, a techno-economic assessment of the energy end use options, the assessment of the availability of agro-processing residues, and a set of conclusions and recommendations for next steps based on the outcome of the analysis.