What is Energy Dependency

Renewable energy resources have become popular in energy policies as sustainable development in the energy field requires the transition to clean or renewable energy resources such as solar, wind, and hydro to mitigate global warming. Renewable resources play a more significant role in the energy future of Turkey. However, despite renewable energy resources being cleaner and causing fewer environmental problems, the renewable energy selection problem is a complex task due to the involvement of various conflicting factors and uncertainty. Therefore, multi-criteria decision-making methods are commonly used to handle this complexity successfully. In this chapter, the studies focused on renewable energy resource selection problem in Turkey with multi-criteria decision-making methods were reviewed. Findings suggest that the number of studies increased due to the growing importance of renewables. Also, AHP, TOPSIS, and ANP have risen to the top of the literature as the most extensively used approaches.