Sr. Instr. MELİZ HASTUNÇ

Papers presented in National conferences and printed as proceedings

• North Cyprus is dependent on fossil fuels. In order to overcome this dependency, solar energy can be utilized due to its abundancy on the island. Therefore, in this study, various Retscreen analyses were conducted to install 4.85 kW photovoltaic rooftop systems in Nicosia, Morphou and Dipkarpaz. The main aim was to understand whether the installations were economically feasible. The results showed that Morphou had the most feasible result. Following this, a MATLAB simulation was carried out to determine the optimum number of installations in each city, to maximize the total amount of electricity exported to the grid, by considering realistic constraints. Hence, this study serves as a reference on how to maximize the electricity production, by utilizing solar energy in North Cyprus.