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III. EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE, ART & CULTURE
ECSAC’18 – NORTHERN CYPRUS
Gazimağusa, October12-14, 2018

OP-4 SUPPORT TO GREEN ENERGY ENTREPRENEURS:
DIMENSION OF TURKEY

Adnan CELIK*¹, Hande Ulukapi YILMAZ², Rabia YILMAZ³

* : Corresponding Author
1 : Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Selcuk University, Konya-Turkey.
2 : Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Selcuk University, Konya-Turkey.
3 : Yilmaz Financial Consultancy Office, Konya, Turkey.

An entrepreneur is a person who contributes the development and productivity to adapt the change by accelerating
the creation, expansion and the implementation of new ideas. An entrepreneur knows what to do in short, medium
and long terms, and make plans accordingly. S/he uses unthinkable, unused or different ideaswhile making these plans.
In short, entrepreneurs are the people who chaseopportunities and take all kinds of risks to put them into practice.
They keep the competition and bearing power of the organizations on a high leveleven by seeing opportunities in
situations like chaos, uncertainty and conflicting casesthe company is in. Entrepreneurshipis the process of revealing
different thingswith added value with which financial gain and personal satisfactionis obtainedby taking financial and
social risks through allocating the necessary time and effort. Entrepreneurship is a dynamic process involving vision,
change and creativity factors. It is the creation of new ideas and constructive solutions and activation of these solutions
in proportion to productivity of the company / organization.
Green entrepreneurship is one of the factors which will help to prevent environmental deterioration. Green
entrepreneurs consider the environment as an opportunity for themselves and engage in environmental activities on
the purpose of public welfare. In today’s changing world, green entrepreneurs and green activities have an important
place for cleaner and greener World. Green entrepreneurship has the potential to be a catalyst for positive change
in both economic and environmental areas. Green entrepreneurs think the environmental dimension rather as an
opportunity than an obstacle and they offer different kind businesses which is environmentally beneficial, socially
responsible, economically rewarding. The expression “green energy” refers to energy types produced more sensitively
to the environment. According to the production pattern of energy generation, it is possible to use green energy with
different costs. The types of green energy defined in European Union law are: “Wind Energy, Hydroelectric energy,
Solar Energy, Geothermal, Biological waste generated energy”. Green economy and renewable energy, environmentally
sensitive technologies and renewable energy are seen as the most important components of sustainable development.
Grant support renewable energy in Turkey is increasing every passing day. The state has succeeded in improving the
entrepreneurship in this area. Many renewable energy grant schemes, especially solar energy incentive credits to energy
investments, contribute to the development of the potentials of energy sector investors. Grants and credits given to GES
investments in particular The TKDK grant credits granted by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock and the
European Union IPARD program grants support the energy sector in a number of areas. The following incentives are
on the agenda in this area; “Ministry of Economy Investment Incentives (wind energy investment incentives, thermal
power plant incentives, renewable energy incentives); EU Funds European Union Energy grants and TurSEFF energy
efficiency credits; TTGV Environmental Protection Program for Technology Development Foundation of Turkey
supports; Ministry of Culture and Tourism support; Development Agencies Grant Supports”.
This study focused on green energy incentives provided to entrepreneurs in Turkey. First the general literature
is explained. Then application models are emphasized. Finally the study is completed with the conclusions and
recommendations.
Keywords: Green Energy, Green Energy Entrepreneurs, Support To Green Energy Entrepreneurs.

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