Turkish Solar

Mike T., Swampeast MO

Not surprisingly, nearly every structure--from the smallest homes to large modern apartments to homes of the richest--used solar energy. I always saw them in groups of two panels and two tanks with collector (flat panel) areas of about 3-5 sq. meters total. Always easy to find South no matter how turned around I got in the very twisting streets!

Am fairly certain that these are used exclusively for DHW. I stayed at a sprawling resort right outside ancient defensive wall protecting Bodrum, Turkey. Lots of smallish two-floor villa-style structures with about 12 rooms each. No panels on the roofs of those but suspect that the roof of the dining room/kitchen was covered with panels. Fairly high parapet wall above the roof and I couldn't get a good vantage point to see the panels. I shower in the morning and will say that no matter how early I woke, had only warm (a couple times cold) showers. Nice and hot in the afternoon...

Wayco Wayne_2

Very cool

What is the climate like there? Are those storage tanks on the roof? WW

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Mike T., Swampeast MO

Mediterranean climate along the southwestern shore where I stayed. Fairly hot during the summer, but tempered by the sea. Cooler, rainy winter months with below freezing weather short-lived and very rare. Plants were very similar to those in Southern California.

Very mountainous country as you travel inland. On the road back from Pammukale to Bodrum we went through three distinct mountain ranges within about 150 miles. In all honesty is was rather like going the the Appalachians, Rockies and Sierra Madrea. Enough rain to maintain substantial pine forests on most mountain slopes. Wish that my geology was MUCH better, but am fairly certain that I saw both sedimentary and metamorphic rocks in surprisingly close proximity. Do know that I saw mining of slate, shale, marble, travertine, limestone and granite. Some of the marble was exquisite, but the granite [seemed] of low grade and not particularly attractive.

Olive groves EVERYWHERE save the valley of the Meandres (meandering) River where cotton predominated.

Further inland (and higher) it does get fairly cold in the winter, but Italian Cypress grows beautifully so it can't get very cold--ever.

As far as I can tell, the rooftop tanks are for storage.

Ted G

The Med.

Yes, it is very common to have solar panels with the storage tank on the roof in the Mediterranean. These Med countries that are mountainous can have very cold and snowy winters.