The “Workshop on the Carbon Economy and Sustainable Energy Policies in the Green Deal Process,” organized by the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TÜBA) and hosted by Uşak University on October 16–17, 2026, was attended by Prof. Dr. Eyüp DEBİK, Rector of Yıldız Technical University; Prof. Dr. Aysel KANTÜRK FİGEN, Director of the Institute of Clean Energy Technologies; Prof. Dr. Tunç DURMAZ; and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru KOCA AKKAYA.
At the workshop, which addressed climate change mitigation, the green transition, and sustainable energy policies, our Rector, Prof. Dr. Eyüp DEBİK, chaired the session titled “Carbon Markets and Pricing Mechanisms.” During the session, the functioning of carbon markets and pricing mechanisms were evaluated within the framework of the economic dimensions of the green transition.
Our Institute Director, Prof. Dr. Aysel KANTÜRK FİGEN, delivered a presentation titled “Turkey’s Green Hydrogen Strategy: 2035 Production and Export Targets, Electrolyzer Technologies, and Cost Roadmap.” The presentation addressed Turkey’s green hydrogen production and export targets, developments in electrolyzer technologies, and the cost roadmap.
Prof. Dr. Tunç DURMAZ, a member of our Institute’s Economic, Social Impact, and Sustainability Research Group, assessed the effects of green transition policies on the iron and steel, cement, and aluminum sectors. He shared his assessments regarding the reduction of carbon emissions in industry and the sectors’ adaptation to the green transition process.
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru KOCA AKKAYA, Coordinator of our Institute’s Waste-to-Energy Technologies Research Group, also delivered a presentation titled “Turkey’s 2053 Net-Zero Roadmap: Sectoral Emission Reduction Scenarios, Policy Conditionality, and International Cooperation,” in which she evaluated sectoral emission reduction scenarios and policy options aimed at Turkey’s long-term climate goals.
The presentations and evaluations conducted at the workshop highlighted our Institute’s scientific contributions in the fields of sustainable energy technologies, decarbonization of industry, and the green transition.
