CLEAN ENERGY FOUNDATION

FROM ITS ESTABLISHMENT UP TODAY (1994-2004)

Between the years 1993-94 several projects were being carried out in connection with new and clean energies in the physics department of Hacettepe University. ‘The everlasting energy island’ project was one of them. As a matter of fact many contacts were undertaken in connection with this concept inside and outside the country. The ex-chairman of Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBİTAK), Prof. Dr. Tosun Terzioğlu showed his interest in the matter and together with Prof. Dr. Demir İnan they both shared the same opinions in establishing an institute or a foundation within the framework of TUBİTAK. The independent features of a foundation were taken more into consideration, thus the establishment of the ‘Clean Energy Foundation (CEF)’ took place at the end of 1994. 14 founder members and 4 institutional partners had taken place at the beginning as founder members.(See Appendix 1 for the list.)

The main aim of Clean Energy Foundation is summarized in its brochure as follows:

Since our ancestors began to use the fire as an energy source, the living standards of mankind on the earth had been improved compared to other living creatures who only benefit from the food energy. From this time on, man always sought after new energy sources, found and used them for upgrading his living standards. This led to ever increasing rate of energy usage by mankind. As in the past and also today, the communities of man that use more energy, are more powerful and live more comfortable. Therefore, today’s man never thinks to give up his increasing rate of energy usage.

However, the environmental effects caused by the usage of great quantities of non-renewable and polluting energy sources led man to start thinking and producing new solutions on these issues, especially after the third quarter of twentieth century. Turning to clean and renewable energy sources, studies on more efficient usage of energy and energy conservation have become the main issues intensively studied for finding solutions regarding the energy usage problems. These studies are gaining more and more acceptability and support from mankind. Clean Energy Foundation is an organisation established by individuals and organisations who recognized the importance of supporting the studies on these issues.

As it is apparent from the above summary that, CEF’s main aim is being in the agenda and not being an outsider in the clean and renewable energy studies in the world. The target of CEF is to make the Turkey as a center of attraction in clean and renewable energies, as Turkey is situated in the cornerstone of three continents (Europe, Africa and Asia) and geographically having abundant sources of renewable energies.

The objectives and activities of Clean Energy Foundation (CEF) -(TEMEV In Turkish)- can be summarized under 3 headlines.

· Research & Development and Application studies

· Educational, Information and Publicity studies

· Compiling Information and Documents studies

in the fields of renewable energies’ utilization.

The studies carried out by CEF since its establishment are summarized under the above headlines in the following:

Research & Development and Application Studies:

· Establishing Work Groups

Three work groups have been established.

3. “Solar Architecture in Anatolia”. This work group was established in March 1996 and Assoc. Prof. Dr.Çetin Göksu was selected as the chairman of the group.

4. “Biogas” study group was established in June 1997 and Gökhan Demirci was selected as the chairman of the group.

5. “Solar cells and their Applications”. This work group was founded in December 1997 and Prof. Dr. Şener Oktik was selected as the chairman of the group.

· Developing a computer program for the usage of solar collectors.

Using solar energy for heating water is widely used in our country. However systems are generally constructed without sufficient knowledge and calculations as regards to geographic conditions. Thus taking this matter into consideration CEF had developed a computer program in 1997 by physics engineer Engin Kıran a member of our foundation that calculates how many square meters of solar collectors are to be installed almost n all the cities of Turkey, according to the requested hot water demand. The details maintained with the help of this program is given upon request together with feasibility reports and inspection of the system will also be provided.

· The Projects developed by CEF after the 1999 earthquake in Marmara Region.

The earthquake in Marmara Region in August 17, l999 had a great impact and caused a heavy destruction over a wide area. CEF had developed 4 projects in order to mitigate the impact of the disaster.

1^st Project : Supplying hot water by solar collectors for 200-300 people living in pre-fabric

houses or in tent cities.

The system operates without any need for fuels (gas, electricity etc) or any heating systems as electric heater, combi etc, thus providing easy hot water facilities for the people living in the area. Moreover it is obvious that such systems are more safe when the possible frequency of earthquakes in the region are considered. Besides the geographic conditions of our country makes it a wise behavior to use as much solar energy as possible instead of using exported energies which creates economic bounds to foreign countries.

2^nd Project : Establishing a system to provide electricity from solar energy.

CEF can provide a solar-electric system with a power of 3 kW to be used in tent cities and pre-fabric houses. 100 halogen lamps with 36 watts will illuminate the places where the tents and pre-fabric housing is located. Food preservations could also be provided with a capacity of 25 refrigerators. The system will be installed over an area of approximately 100 square meters and provide electricity without intermittence. It will also be effectively used during the times of catastrophes, letting the rescue teams work night and day without any brake. These systems having no moving parts are given guarantee by their manufacturers for 15-20 years.

3^rd Project: Supplying clean water from sea water by using solar energy.

The number one necessity in an earthquake area is the clean drinking water. The Marmara earthquake emphasized the need for providing clean water from sea water since the earthquake hit mainly in the area close to the sea shore. According to some calculations undertaken by CEF, it is claimed that1500 liters of clean water could be provided through a solar water distillation system installed on an area of 5oo square meters, which means 1.5 litres of drinking water to 1000 people.

4^th Project : Organising the rebuilding process in the earthquake region in accordance with the climate, environment and energy consciousness.

The main objective of this project is achieving a contemporary rebuilding of the area more concerned with energy savings. A pre-calculation shows that a 30 % energy saving achieved without any extra cost of the building. If this saving ratio is increased to 50 %, only an additional cost around 7-8 % is needed. Necessary applications are already made and most of our members who are also experts on the subject are ready to help without any benefit.

The first two among the four projects mentioned above are implemented at the UN tent-city in İzmit. (More details are given in the next paragraph.)

Unfortunately the third project found no financial support and received no answer (neither denial no approval) from the government authorities.

· Building of a Solar House and a Science Museum in the earthquake region.(supported by UNDP/GEF)

After the August 17,l999 Marmara earthquake CEF had prepared four projects as mentioned above. Two of these projects found the opportunity to be implemented and took the support of four other establishments and are applied at the UNDP tent-city in İzmit. The establishments supporting the projects are: Kaldera-Dağsan Solar A.Ş.(Konya), Dunasolar Photovoltaics (Budapest/Hungary), Hacettepe University Physics Engineering Department(Ankara), Mutlu Akü A.Ş (İstanbul). The project was carried under the supervision of CEF starting in November 1999 and finalized in March 2000.

A 100 square meters earthquake resistant steel construction building was made for this project. 40 solar collectors and PV panels with a power of approximately 3 kW were placed on the inclined roof of the building facing south. The area around the building was organized as a leisure area or a gathering place and was illuminated with the electricity supplied by the solar PV panels. Inside the building was designed as a small science museum having various kinds of experimental sets and educational posters.

The hot water supplied from solar collectors was connected to the two shower cabins which are placed at the tent-city (each cabin contains 8 showers), and another washing unit.(for kitchen use)

The electricity obtained was used to illuminate the inside and the outside of the building with the help of batteries and inverter systems. The main advantage of this system is to have a continuously illuminated area no matter there is an earthquake or any other extraordinary situation, giving comfort to the inhabitants. As it is known, the August 99 earthquake hit the area around 3.05 am in the morning and the electricity was totally cut right after automatically for safety reasons. The phsycological impact of the event was doubled because of the darkness around. This was the reason why we insisted on an ever illumination system without intermittence, using the solar energy. The place serves both as a park and also as a gathering place in times of extraordinary events.

The reason for organizing the inside of the building as a small science museum is to motivate the interests of the people living in the tent-city towards science, since the earthquake had showed the people how important science is. Moreover, the people are not going to live in the tents just for few days. They are going to spent quite a long time over there and therefore need as much social activities as possible.

Another important aspect of the project was that it was achieved successfully in a very short time by a non governmental organization, together with three other private sector organizations and a university.

The “Solar House and Science Museum” project also submitted to the international “Energy Globe 2001 Awards” and competed with 1000 other projects from 72 countries and was placed as finalist among 50 other best projects. The award ceremony was held in Wels, Austria and Demir İnan participated in the meeting. The project took place in the ‘Energy Globe Awards’ CD-ROM and a presentation of the project was also made in the “World Sustainable Energy Day 2001” activities on March 1^st and 2^nd ant the same place.

· Illumination of two bus stops at Afyon city center by solar cells.

As an activity of UNDP/GEF supported project called “Sustainable Energy Education in Turkey”, two bus-stops in Afyon city center were illuminated by solar cells in June 1999. The system operates totally with solar energy turning on at nights and off in the day time.

· Illuminating the Culture House Harran (Şanlıurfa) with solar energy.

Inside of an old Harran House used as the Culture House of the village was illuminated by solar cells within the activities of UNDP/CEF supported project of ”Sustainable Energy Education in Turkey”.

· Operating the biogas system in Çorum which will use 1 tons of poultry waste.

Within the activities of UNDP/GEF program called “Sustainable Energy Education in Turkey” a biogas system processing 1 tons of poultry waste daily was put into operation in Çorum in September 1999. The biogas obtained from the system is advised to be used as a supplementary heating source for the greenhouse. The system operates preferably with chicken manure and was planned as a sample since there are quite a number of chicken farms (poultry) around this region.

· Illumination of the Van Cat statue with solar cells.

Within the activities of UNDP/GEF program called “Sustainable Energy Education in Turkey”, a statue on the Van-Bitlis highway was illuminated at nights by a solar powered system in July 1999.

· Participation in the European Union Synergy project titled “How to Develop Energy Companies (ESCO) in the Mediterranean Partners”.

CEF participated the ESCO project as the partner from Turkey. Other partners were Spain, Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Lebanon. Project continued from September 2000 to February 2001 and final meeting was held in Marakkesh on 15 February 2001. CEF successfully fulfilled its duties as the Turkish partner.

· Building of a solar energy street lamp to be placed in Muğla University’s new Campus.

A solar energy powered street lamp designed and built by CEF and was donated to the Muğla University. The lamp was implemented at the new campus of the university.

· Illumination of a bus-stop in the city center of Çorum.

A solar powered lighting system was designed, built and placed at a bus-stop in the center of the Çorum city. The opening ceremony was held on 22 April 2001 within the World Day activities.

· Building a solar street lamp at the training center of İZOCAM Inc.

Building a solar street lamp at the training center of İZOCAM Inc. Which is a founder member of CEF on Jan,2002 in Gebze.

· Participation in European Union Synergy project called “Analysis of Viability of the Clean Development Mechanism in the Mediterranean Area (CDM-ANVIMAR)”.

CEF participated in the above mentioned project as the Turkish partner. The project started in January 2002 and finalized in December 2003. The other members of the project were Spain, Italy, Lebanon, Morocco and Palestine. CEF fulfilled successfully all its duties in the project. Within the framework of the project, a national workshop was organized by CEF and held in TUBİTAK on February 20,2003. An exhibition was also held during this workshop and 10 companies have participated to present their products. Proceedings of the presentations published and distributed to the participants.

· Solar Bicycle Project.

In cooperation with Hacettepe University and Bisan Co., CEF designed and build a solar energy powered bicycle. The project started in 2003 and completed in March 2004 and the prototype solar bicycle was built. After the testing, the project will be commercialized.

· The project of a Solar Earthquake Park

CEF developed a project called the “solar earthquake park” which proposes to benefit from solar energy after the earthquakes. It is planned to produce hot water and electricity safely in a building which might take place in a community park. This building could also be used in normal conditions. Feasibility studies are completed and offered to relevant organizations for implementation.

· Recycling studies from used batteries.

CEF has given start to a project of recycling the used batteries. Studies to regain the material from used batteries are going on.

EDUCATION, INFORMATION and PUBLICITY STUDIES

· Organising a meeting called ‘Hydrogen and Turkey’.

A meeting was held in Ege University, İzmir on August 7,l995 with the title ‘Hydrogen and Turkey’. The chairman of Clean Energy Institude Prof. Dr. Veziroğlu had participated in the meeting as an invited speaker and made a speech titled ‘Hydrogen and it’s role on the development of Turkey’. A discussion session took place afterwards on the subject “Hydrogen energy and Turkey”. Dr.Veziroğlu, Prof.Dr.Atagündüz (Ege Uni.) Prof. Dr. Engin Türe (TUBİTAK/MAM),Assoc.Prof. Dr. Çetin Göksu (ODTÜ) participated in the discussion. Session was directed by Prof. Dr. Demir İnan from CEF.

· Participation in the meeting of ‘Cleaner Industrial Production’

Prof. Dr. Çörtoğlu had participated on behalf of CEF in the meeting organized by UNIDO in Vienna on November 30-December 1, 1995 on “Cleaner Industrial Production”.

· Organising a picture competition among students. (1995)

A competition organized with collaboration Ministry of Education among primary school students with the subject called “A World of Clean Energy” and around 1700 students participated in the competition. 12 prize winning students were awarded on June 1996 in a ceremony and around 50 pictures among the others were exhibited in TUBİTAK for 3 days.

· Joining the campaign called ‘Utilization of Solar Energy’

A campaign called ‘Utilization of Solar Energy in South East of Turkey’ was organized in Diyarbakır between the days of May 30-June 1, 1996 with cooperation of Dicle University (DÜÇAM) and International Solar Energy Association-Turkish Section (UGET-TB). CEF took place actively in this campaign and published a booklet titled ‘Solar Energy’

· Participation in the Habitat Meeting.

CEF took place in the Habitat meeting held in İstanbul in June 1996 and organized a panel discussion called “3 E: Energy, Ecology, Economy, Possibilities of Using Sustainable Energies in the Future World”. Publicity of the foundation was also made in a stand opened at the meeting.

· Participation in the “Clean Energy Days” meeting in Muğla.

CEF participated actively in the ‘Clean Energy Days’ meeting organized by Mugla University on Oct.16-18,1996. Prof. Dr. Demir İnan made a speech called “Clean Energy Studies in Turkey” and publicized the foundation with several radio and TV programs.

· Contribution to “Wind Energy Investment Management”

CEF contributed to the article published in the “Capital” magazine in 1996.

· Preparation of a report on Wind Energy.

A report on “Evaluation of Obtaining Electricity from Wind energy in Turkey and in The World; Suggestions” was prepared by CEF and submitted to Ministry of Energy and relevant organisations (1996 June).

· Participation in “1997 SunDay” celebration.

SunDay celebrations are conducted in the leadership of ISES-Turkish Section since 1994 in Turkey. 1997 SunDay is celebrated in Mersin on 20-21 June with relevant activities. Organization was made by Chamber of Mechanical Engineers Mersin Branch and 11 presentations have taken place. There was also a panel discussions. CEF supported these activities. Besides CEF, Mersin University Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Turkish Thermodynamic Society, Ege University Solar Energy Institute, ISTE Inc., MERTAY Inc. Were also the supporters of the activities.

· Participation in “2^nd Karamürsel Marine Symposium”.

CEF had presented a paper titled “Clean Water from Seas by Solar Energy” in the 2^nd Karamürsel Marine Symposium held at Kocaeli University Karamürsel Marine Technical College on 30 June-4 July.

· Participation in “Solar Energy Systems & Solar Architecture Symposium and Workshop”.

The activity was held in Antalya on 1-5 September and organized by Chamber of Architecture Antalya Branch and Chamber of Mechanical Engineers Antalya Branch. This activity was supported by CEF, Ege University Solar Energy Institute, TUBITAK, Antalya Municipality and ANTKOOP.

In the seminar, CEF members Demir Inan, Çetin Göksu, Demet Irklı and Gökhan Demirci presented papers titled “Solar Energy and Habitats”, “ Solar Architecture in Anatolia”, “Ecologic Buildings”, “ Biogas in the settlements”. After the seminar a forum was held and CEF members participated in this forum. Çetin Göksu participated in the workshop.

· Organization of “Solar Energy Applications Course”.

Within the training activities of CEF a course was organized on the applications of solar energy with the support of DAĞSAN Inc. In general the course was open to everybody, however the aim was to inform the technicians and the solar collector sails agencies. More than 150 participants were present and a “participation document” was given to participants. 10 specialist speakers made presentations on solar energy applications. Course drew attention especially among industrial sector and university students. During the course, DAĞSAN Inc. Exhibited solar collectors made by DAĞSAN, and Hacettepe University exhibited the solar cookers made at the university.

· Participation in “7^th Energy Congress”.

The 7^th Energy Congress organized by World Energy Council Turkish National Committee was held in Ankara on 3-8 November 1997 at METU Education Center. CEF had taken place at the exhibition organised during the congress.

· Participation in “1998 SunDay” celebration.

The celebration of 1998 SunDay was held in İzmir at Atatürk Culture Center on 19-21 June 1998 by the organization of İzmir High Technology Institute. CEF had participated in this activity as supporting organization and consultant. President of CEF Demir İnan made a speech at the symposium. Other supporting organizations are: ISES-Turkish Section, İzmir High Technology Institute, EZİNÇ İnc. , FENTEK Inc., İZOCAM Inc., TUBİTAK, MISAG, EİE, Chamber of Mechanical Engineers İzmir Branch.

· Seminars of Prof. Twidell organized by CEF.

Prof. John Twidell from De Monfort University/Scotland, who is also the President of the Amset Coop. that operates the biggest wind turbine (3MW) in Orkney Island was invited by CEF to give seminars, with collaboration of British Council, Prof. Twidell came to Turkey in 1998 March and gave a talk at EİE on 25 March on “Wind Energy and its future”. Prof. Twidell also gave a talk on “Wind Energy and its Applications” at İzmir High Technology Institute on 28 March to the students and lecturers.

· Participation in “Wind Energy Symposium” held at Muğla .

Wind Energy Symposium was held at Mugla University on 28 March 1998. Turkish Deputy Minister and Energy Minister and Environment Minister were present in this activity. President of CEF and Prof. Twidell were also participated this activity and Prof. Twidell gave a talk on “Wind Energy Policies”. Supporters of this activity are: Ministry of Energy, EİE, EWEA-Turkish Section, Muğla University and CEF.

· UNDP/GEF Project on “Sustainable Energy Education in Turkey”.

CEF and Habitat and Agenda21 Association conducted a project sponsored by UNDP/GEF titled “Sustainable Energy Education in Turkey”. The project began on September 1998 and finalized on October 1999. Within the project 7 informing meetings were organized in the cities of different geographic regions of Turkey. These cities were: Çanakkale, Afyon, Antalya, Şanlıurfa, Zonguldak, Çorum and Van.

With this project activities several benefits were gained. These benefits can be summarized as follows:

· In seven cities of Turkey educational activities were made successfully.

· 10 handbooks were prepared by CEF to the specialists and published on clean energies. These books are the resources in Turkish for students and relevant people.

· 10 posters were prepared and used (exhibited) in the educational activities. These posters might be a unique example in the World to be used as an education material. CEF plans to publish them in big amounts and distribute to the schools.

· Within the project scope, four applications were made by CEF in different cities on renewable energies. Three of the applications were on solar cells and one was on biogas. The applications were the “first time” applications in Turkey and were realized in the city districts where people can see them easily. Thus, it was a good opportunity for people to see the solar cell applications and get informed.

· Two NGO’s from quite different working areas were collaborated in this project and finalized the project with success.

· Participation in the “Energy Films Festival”.

CEF submitted a film to the 7^th Energy Films Festival which was held at Loussane/Switzerland in 1998. 45 films were submitted to the festival and 24 of them were chosen to be displayed during the festival. CEF’s film was included in this category. Festival was held at the Palais de Beaulieu and CEF organized the participation of a delegate in the festival from the Turkish Consulate of Geneve.

· Competition organization on “solar energy” at Harran to primary school students.

In June 1999 a competition was organized by CEF among the primary school pupils of Harran province at Şanlıurfa City on solar energy. The competition was on poem writing, picture making and essay writing and the winners were rewarded by CEF.

· Participation in “1999SunDay” celebrations.

SunDay celebration in 1999 was organized in Kayseri by Erciyes University Engineering Faculty and EZİNÇ Inc. Apart from the symposium held for SunDay, an exhibition had also took place. CEF supported the activities and also participated in them.

· Participation in the observation of full eclipse of Sun in 1999.

Full eclipse of sun occurred on 11 August 1999 and CEF participated in the observation organisation at Osmancık village of Çorum city. About 500 observers from Turkey and foreign countries joined the observation of which two organisations were CEF and Hacettepe University. Hacettepe University New &Clean Energy Center also displayed solar cookers by boiling water and popping corn with them. The pictures of full eclipse were taken and published in the news bulletin of CEF.

· Participation in Energy Ministry’s Energy Conservation Commission.

Executive Committee of CEF was asked to send a participant to the “Energy Conservation Commission” of Ministry of Energy, and Assoc. Prof. Aynur Eray was choosen as a delegate from CEF to join the committee. Mrs. Eray has been attending the commission meetings since then.

· Participation in the “ISES 99 World Solar Conference” held in Jerusalem/Israel.

The regular conferences organised by ISES (International Solar Energy Society) was held on 4-7 July 1999 at Jerusalem. Four of the papers presented to the congress were from Turkey. 9 participants attended the congress from Turkey. CEF member Assoc. Prof. Nur Demirbilek chaired one of the technical session and also presented a paper. Prof. Demir İnan presented two papers. CEF brochures were distributed during the congress to the participants.

· Participation in “Nature and Child Days”.

“Nature and Child Days” organised by British Council and Gençlik Servisleri Merkezi at the Çankaya Municipality Çağdaş Sanatlar Merkezi was held on 19-27 November 1999. CEF prepared a stand and participated in this activity. Activity drew interest especially among the students.

· Participation in the study of VIII Five Years Development Plan.

In the preparation studies on the VIII. Five Years Development Plan of Turkey (2001-2005) CEF was invited to participate in the “Climate Change Specialists Comission” and Executive Committee of CEF decided Prof. Zekai Şen to attend these studies. First meeting was held on 1 December 1999 in Ankara.

· Participation in wind Energy panel.

European Wind Energy Society-Turkish Section organised a panel meeting on “ Informing the Turkey’s stake holders on wind energy of the developments in the world and Turkey, and common synergy constitution” and invited a speaker from CEF. CEF delegate Mr. Selahattin Baysal attended the panel discussion held at TEDAŞ Conference Hall on 3 December 1999.

· Contribution in “Turkey, Energy and Environment Review” of World Bank.

Different organisations from Turkey contributed to the “Turkey, Energy and Environment Review” prepared by World Bank Europe and Middle Asia Energy Sector Unit; Energy, Mine and Telecommunication Section and Environment Section. CEF also contributed to this report and participated in the work-group study held at Ankara Hilton Hotel on 12 November 1999 and submitted its reviews.

· Participation in the meeting organised by Turkish-American Society.

The meeting held on 8 March 2000, which was on of the regular meetings of Turkish-American Society was devoted to renewable energies and CEF was invited to this meeting. Prof. Demir İnan participated in the meeting and made a speech on “Renewable Energies”. Other speakers of the meeting were Zafer Güler (Republican People’s Party deputy) and Sema Alpan (State Planning Organisation). Meeting drew interest to the participants and continued from 6p.m. to 8p.m.

· Participation in the “8^th Turkish Energy Conference”.

8^th of the regular conferences organised by World Energy Council-Turkish as “Energy Congresses” held on 8-12 May 2000 at METU Culture Congress Centre /Ankara. Main theme of the congress was chosen as “ Energy and Technology for Sustainable Development in 21^st Century.” During the congress an exhibition was organised and CEF took part in this exhibition. Renewable energies sessions and papers concerning renewable energies took the major part in the congress. CEF members submitted papers to the congress.

· Informative meetings organised in İstanbul (2000).

CEF member Prof. Engin Türe made presentations at several universities and schools in İstanbul to announce CEF’s objectives and to give information on clean energies and environment. CEF posters were displayed during the conferences. The conferences made are as follows: 20 April 2000 Bilgi University, 2 May 2000 Cent College, 11 May 2000 Marmara University Communication Faculty, 11 May 2000 Galatasaray University Science and Literature Faculty, 17 May 2000 Boğaziçi University, 26 May 2000 Işık University, 2 June 2000 Yeditepe University.

· Participation and support in “World Day 2000”.

The main theme of the World Day 2000 was selected as “clean energies”. Within this frame several activities were organised. CEF participated and support the World Day activities in three events:

· A panel discussion was organised by Çorum governorship Environment Protection Organisation. CEF members Prof. Ahmet Ecevit and Prof. Şener Oktik participated in this panel meeting. Governor of Çorum was present in the meeting and CEF posters were displayed during the meeting.

· World Day meeting and exhibition was organised at Ankara EIE by Ministry of Energy and CEF participated in the event. Exhibition continued one week and attracted people.

· During the activity organised by Muğla University, CEF posters were displayed and a video film from CEF’s video archive was showed.

· Participation in “Water and Clean Energy” meeting.

Turkish Water Foundation and CEF organised a meeting titled “Water and Clean Energy”. The meeting was held in Istanbul at the ISKI Conference Hall on 30 May 2000. Prof. Demir İnan, Prof. Engin Türe, Prof. Zekai Şen and Assoc. Prof. Filiz Karaosmanoğlu participated in the meeting as speakers from CEF. Meeting started at 2p.m. and continued till 5p.m.

· Participation in “SunDay 2000” activities.

SunDay 2000 activities were made for the first time in Turkey separately in two cities. First activity took place in Mersin city on 21 June and organised by ISES-Turkish Section, Chamber of Mechanical Engineers Mersin Branch. Supporters of the event were, CEF, Mersin Chamber of Commerce, ISTEK Inc., MERTAY Inc., IZOCAM Inc., CAMTAS Inc.The informative meeting organised at Mersin Commerce Centre Hall was conducted by Prof. Yusuf Zeren, and the speakers from CEF were Prof. Demir İnan, Prof. Ahmet Ecevit, Assoc. Prof. Çetin Göksu. There was one more speaker from İzmir High Tec. Institute. After the first session, second session of the activity was devoted to a round table discussion. The title of the discussion was “The problems encountered in application and production of solar energy systems”. After this session a reception was given and CEF posters were displayed in this reception.

The activity in Konya was held on 23 June. In the leadership of DAĞSAN Inc., CEF and ISES-Turkish Section supported this activity. The event which was made at BERA Hotel, was supported by the municipality and governorship. After the opening session a round table session took place. The theme of this session was “Vision pollution of the solar collectors at the roofs and suggestions for solution”. CEF president participated as a speaker in this session and a final press release was prepared and distributed to media. Besides the meetings, a city running tour competition and picture, poem and essay writing competitions were also organised and CEF gave awards to the winners of these competitions. There was also an exhibition of solar collector systems outside the hotel.

Both activities in two cities were open to public and drew attraction.

· Organisation of “III. National Clean Energy Symposium”.

Istanbul Technical University and CEF organised the III. National Clean Energy Symposium in Istanbul on 15-17 November 2000. Opening session of the symposium was in Lütfü Kırdar Congress And Exhibition Palace. Minister of Energy was invited to the activity by CEF and he participated and spoke in the opening session. Technical sessions of the symposium were held at the Istanbul Technical University Social Institution and 96 papers were submitted to the symposium from 21 cities of Turkey. This figures showed that the activity was a real national activity. Attendants to the symposium were about 250. Symposium proceedings were published in two volumes. The activity drew also attraction from the media. In the opening day an exhibition was organised and several renewable energy companies participated in this exhibition.

· Organisation of Sailing Competition.

Establishing relation with Turkish Sailing Federation, a sailing competition was organised in Istanbul, Kalamış Bay on 11 November 2000 with the optimist class sailing boards. CEF gave awards to the winners and also to the referees. Award giving ceremony was held at the opening session of III National Clean Energy Symposium.

· “Preparation of Renewable Energy Education Package for Students and Teachers” project. (UNESCO supported)

CEF had submitted two projects to UNESCO (Paris) by the collaboration of Turkish National Committee of UNESCO and one project was approved to be supported. “Preparation of Renewable Energy Education Package for Students and Teachers” project began in August 2000 and ended in November 2001. CEF had prepared 11 books by authorised specialists and published them in colour with high quality paper, and presented them in a cardboard case. To publish the books, TUBİTAK and ttgv gave support. The name and the authors of the books are as follows:

1. “Energy Usage, From past to Present”, Prof. Dr. Demir Inan
2. “Our Sun”, Prof. Dr. Demir İnan
3. “Solar-Thermal Applications”, Prof. Dr. Demir İnan
4. “Solar-Electricity Conversion, Photovoltaic Solar Cells and Power Systems”, Prof. Dr. Şener Oktik
5. “Wind Energy”, Selçuk Karadereli
6. “Geothermal Energy, Use of Earth’s Interior Energy”, Prof. Dr. Şakir Şimşek
7. “Biomass Energy”, Semra Türe
8. “Biogas, Energy from Wastes”, Gökhan Demirci
9. “Hydrogen Energy”, Prof. Dr. Engin Türe
10. “Solar Architecture”, Assoc. Prof. Demet Irklı Eryıldız, Assoc. Prof. Nur Demirbilek
11. “Energy Conservation and Efficient Usage of Energy”, Assoc. Prof. Aynur Eray

The books have ISBN numbers.

The books are approved to be used as a supporting source for schools by Ministry of Education.

One set of books were sent to all the university libraries in Turkey free of charge.

This package is unique in Turkey as a Turkish resource and helped to inform people on renewable energies. The books were prepared not in an advance level, but instead easy reading was preferred. The included illustrations and pictures also help to visualise the applications. The references given at the end of the books were intended for further advance readings.

CEF had submitted this project to the “Energy Globe Awards 2002” international award organisation and it took place in the CD-ROM of this event.

· Preparation of 11 big size posters.

11 posters were prepared with 50x70cm size in colour covering the issues which took place in the books published in the education package of CEF. These are prepared to be used in the schools while working on them. Posters are available in diskettes.

The posters have been used in several CEF activities as demonstration material.

· Ministry of Education published CEF’s Renewable Energy Package.

The renewable Energy package prepared and published by CEF (as mentioned above) drew attention of Ministry of Education and they offered CEF to publish it within their collection and distribute them to schools. Executive Committee of CEF approved this offer and Ministry of Education published this package by collecting all books in a book and giving the title “Energy”, distributed it to all its schools.

· Promotion of CEF in the “Sharjah Solar Energy Conference”.

CEF member Prof. Şener Oktik participated the activity called “Sharjah Solar Energy Conference” held in the Sharjah city (United Arab Emirates) on 19-22 February 2001 with the contribution of “7^th Arab Conference on Solar Energy and Regional World Renewable Energy Congress” . Prof. Oktik promoted CEF during the activity and distributed CEF brochures.

· CEF’s Izmit project published in the REFOCUS journal.

The project titled “Solar House and Science Museum” realised by CEF after the İzmit earthquake at the tent-city of UN was published in the official journal of ISES REFOCUS in the November-December 2000 issue.

· CEF activities in the Ankara schools (2001).

CEF’s educational activities continued in 2001. Demir İnan visited the “TED Ankara College” on 22 and 26 March 2001, “National Education Foundation Ankara Science College” on 29 March and gave talks to students and teachers. CEF posters were also exhibited during the visits.

· Participation in Republican People’s Party (CHP)’s Education Commission.

Demir İnan gave a talk in the CHP’ Education Commission as an invited speaker on renewable energies. He also gave information about CEF’s activities.(2001)

· An article published about CEF in REFOCUS Journal.

An article published in March 2001 issue of ISES’s official journal REFOCUS about CEF. In the article, the activities of CEF were summarised and some pictures were also included. This was the first time that an NGO working on renewable energies were promoted in an international journal. After the publishing CEF received e-mails from different countries.

· CEF posters are donated to Experimental Science Centre (Istanbul).

“Experimental Science Centre” is the only experimental science museum in Istanbul and applied to CEF to send CEF’s posters to them. CEF had sent a set of posters (50x70cm, coloured, 12 posters) as a donation. Posters were put in the museum and a renewable energies corner at the museum was opened for the first time.

· An article published about CEF in Çorum Environment Magazine.

An article giving information about CEF’s activities took place in the 9^th issue of the Çorum Environment Magazine (2001). This magazine was published by Çorum City Environment Conservation Foundation.

· Participation in Turkish Environment Education Foundation activity.

Demir İnan from CEF participated in the activity organised by Turkish Environment Education Foundation within the frame work of the “Eco-Schools” project. İnan made a presentation on renewable energies and also gave information about CEF’s activities.

· Participation in “World Day 2000” activities in Çorum.

World Day is celebrated every year on 22 April. In 2001, Çorum governorship organised an activity on this occasion. The activities were carried on 22-25 April and several competitions took place during the activities. A symposium was organised with the participation of several NGO representatives and at the end of the symposium a press release was prepared and announced In this announcement three main topics were considered: 1. Individual and environment, 2. Environment and law, 3. Environmental problems and solutions.

A cartoon competition was organised with the topic “Clean Energy” and CEF gave presents to the winners. Besides CEF special award was given and the cartoons were also exhibited.

A bicycle city tour competition was organised and CEF gave presents to the winners.

The system designed and constructed by CEF for a bus-stop illumination by solar energy opened by ceremony.

In the public square of Çorum city centre an exhibition was organised and