Climate change impacts on electricity demand in Turkey

Climatic temperature changes have been effective in the use of energy sources. There is a close relationship between electrical energy demand and weather temperature. The decision of people on using heaters or coolers refers to some kind of comfort temperature threshold. In this study, a balance point temperature was calculated for Turkey with the help of monthly electricity demand data from January 2000 to December 2018. Then a function model that can be used to predict the electricity energy demand was developed using temperature average and time series.