Aziz, Ahmed AMustafaoglu, Mustafa Sinan2013-07-252013-07-252013-07-252013Mustafaoglu_washington_0250O_11105.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/1773/23362Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2013Some of the main energy issues in developing countries are high dependence on non-renewable energy sources, low energy efficiency levels and as a result of this high amount of CO2 emissions. Besides, a common problem of many countries including developing countries is economic inequality problem. In the study, solar photovoltaic policies of Germany, Japan and the USA is analyzed through a quantitative analysis and a new renewable energy support mechanism called Socio Feed-in Tariff Mechanism (SocioFIT) is formed based on the analysis results to address the mentioned issues of developing countries as well as economic inequality problem by using energy savings as a funding source for renewable energy systems. The applicability of the mechanism is solidified by the calculations in case of an implementation of the mechanism in Turkey.application/pdfen-USCopyright is held by the individual authors.Developing Countries; Economic inequality; Energy Efficiency; Renewable Energy Policy; Solar Photovoltaic; TurkeyAlternative energyPublic policyEconomicsconstruction managementThesis