Prof. Dr. Tanay Sıdkı UYAR
Professor of Renewable Energy, Marmara University, Istanbul, Vice President, WBA, World Bioenergy Association Vice President, WWEA, World Wind Energy Association Vice President, EUROSOLAR, European Association for Renewable Energies
Transition to Ecological and Democratic Societies Using 100% Renewable Community Power
Abstract:
Transition of communities, islands, countries and regions to 100% Renewable Energy (RE) can be realized only by the local, national and regional governments which are on the solution side. The green solution in the energy field is the achievement of 100% renewable energy target by the integration of the energy end-use efficiency, smart grids and storage of the renewable energy using the best available technologies Energy-Economy-Ecology decision making models and Internalization of Externalities are required to plan the future energy systems with the technologies of the future and to eliminate the dislocation of obsolete technologies from one market to another in our global living space.
Biographical Sketch
Dr. Uyar has been a Professor of Renewable Energy at Marmara University since 2001, where he heads the Energy Section of Faculty of Engineering. He also serves as President of Eurosolar Turkey and Conference Chair of IRENEC 2016. From 1994-2001, he was an Assistant Professor at Kocaeli University Faculty of Technical Education Department of Electrical Education. Previous professional experience includes being a Senior Research Scientist serving as a member of the Energy Systems Research Department at TUBITAK, Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey,Marmara Scientific and Industrial Research Institute, and holding the position of Director of the Chamber of Electrical Engineers Istanbul Branch from 1976-1978. He completed his formal education in Istanbul, Turkey, receiving his BSc and MSc (the latter in Nuclear Engineering) from Boğaziçi University, Faculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering. He received his PhD from Yıldız Technical University, Mechanical Engineering Department. Dr. Uyar also serves as Vice President of the World Wind Energy Association, Board Member of the International Solar Energy Society, Board member of the World Bioenergy Association, and Member of the World Council for Renewable Energy.