Environmental assessment of rainwater harvesting and solar system

Abstract

Water and energy are the most basic needs in every field, from production to consumption. To meet our energy needs, non-environmentally friendly and non-renewable resources are generally used. The danger of global warming is apparent around the world, which needs to be protected from carbon-based fuels. Climates are changing as CO₂ has a greenhouse effect on the atmosphere. For this reason, precipitation and temperatures are outside the seasonal norms. It is also highlighted now that countries should meet their energy needs on their own after the current wars on a global scale. Among the renewable energy options, the solar energy system is the most easily applied, environmentally friendly alternative energy source. This study will discuss the advantages of the solar energy system obtained from the roof of an existing agricultural enterprise. Problems caused by global warming are now felt seriously in our country. One of these problems is the need for water. Our country is considered to need agricultural water, especially in the Central Anatolia, Southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Anatolia regions. It is foreseen that there will be global food crises in the future. Already in the current wars, grain crises have emerged. In addition to global climate change, our country must be able to meet its food, water, and energy needs in the face of the effect of wars. For this reason, agricultural enterprises and other structures to be built should be entirely environmentally friendly. It is necessary to obtain designs that will meet energy and water needs. This requires the most careful use of existing water resources and implementing sustainable agriculture systems as soon as possible. With the effect of global warming and wars, it is necessary to reduce the foreign dependency of the energy and food sectors. For this reason, it is essential that the roofs of agricultural enterprises both produce energy and store rainwater.

Keywords: Solar energy; Rainwater harvesting; CO₂ emissions; Agricultural irrigation.