This thesis carries put a brief statement of the current potential wind and hydroelectric pumped storage first all around the world than in our country.
This thesis examines the potential of wind and hydroelectric pumped storage as a way to effectively store excess wind energy through the graviational potential energy of stored water.
Taking into account the uncertainty in Turkish electricity market prices, wind forecesting, and precipitation, this thesis proposes policies for making optimal power commitments to the day-ahead market by partnering wind and pumped-storage.
There is no installed pumped storage hydropower plant in Turkey. This thesis focuses on the most suitable areas for an pumped storage installation and tries to guide near-future investments on the subject.