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industries, and high population densities. These were discussed previously in the
visualisation section (section 14.3).
Fig.14.11. Getis-Ord Gi* Analysis of Electricity Consumption in 2006
14.5 Conclusions and the Outlook for Further Study
This study revealed that thermal, hydro and natural gas power plants are the three
main types of installed electricity generation in Turkey. In comparison, geother-
mal and wind sources have the smallest contribution and they are yet to be fully
exploited. The main factors affecting the nature of the observed consumption pat-
tern are the industrialisation level of the provinces and the types of industries that
are present, including: small and medium sized enterprises or high energy-
intensive and high capacity factories owned by multi-national or national hold-
ings. In addition, the considerable impact of population on electricity consumption
was also observed by analysing total sectoral consumption amounts in the avail-
able 10 years of data.
The present evolution in energy use patterns indicates a considerable difference
in electricity consumption patterns between eastern and western regions. Hence,
high-demand clusters are located mainly in the northwest region, Marmara Re-
gion, and few other big cities, i.e., Izmir, Ankara, in the western and central parts
of the country respectively. Low-demand clusters, in contrast, are seen in the East
Anatolian and northeast provinces on the Black Sea coast.
A brief summary of the extended study on electricity generation and consump-
tion data between 1997 and 2008 was given here. Unfortunately, even this ex-
tended study is not enough for well developed, effective energy management and
decision making because the outcomes do not give any information regarding pos-
sible changes in coming years.