Determination of Biomass Potential of Muş Province

Abstract

Fossil resources currently supply the majority of the world's energy needs. Even if fossil fuel sources are gradually depleted, the need for energy will continue due to population increases and the widespread use of life-improving technology. Biomass is one of these unique and sustainable energy sources. Anywhere there is life- human, animal, or plant-biomass may be a clean, readily available, and sustainable energy source. Furthermore, Türkiye, which depends on foreign energy and should reduce its carbon footprint, must benefit from this energy source to the maximum extent. Since the city of Muş has an economy based on agriculture and animal husbandry, it is a province with high biomass potential. Therefore, it was chosen as the subject of this study. Furthermore, with this study, the biomass potential of Muş province was tried to be determined for the first time in the literature. The theoretical annual amount of energy obtained from plant, animal, forest, and municipal waste in Muş province is 222,066.3 TOE. However, the economically realizable amount of the theoretical potential was calculated to be 8935.20 TOE. It has been estimated that this economical biomass energy can meet 27.15% of the city's electricity consumption. This contributes significantly to the socio-economically underdeveloped city economy and provides the utilization of waste that would harm the city's environment.