Türkiye’s licensed power generation down 4.3% in August

Türkiye’s electricity production decreased by around 4.3% in August compared to the same month in 2021, the latest data from the country’s energy watchdog showed.

Total electricity production fell to around 30.1 million megawatt-hours (MWh) from about 31.5 million MWh in August last year, Türkiye’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) announced in its electricity market report for August 2022.

The country produced electricity from several sources: 32.1% from natural gas, 20.4% from imported coal, 18.1% from hydropower, 12.1% from lignite and 9.3% from wind. Geothermal, biomass, solar power, hard coal, asphaltite, fuel oil and diesel generated the remaining share.

Electricity consumption in August also decreased to around 24.5 million MWh, marking a 0.8% drop compared to the same month of 2021.

Installed electricity capacity was also up around 3% in August from the same month of 2021.

Natural gas power plants comprised 26.9%, while 24.8% came from hydropower plants and 11.8% from wind power plants. Lignite, imported coal, hydro, biomass, geothermal, solar power, hard coal, asphaltite, fuel oil, naphtha, LNG and diesel also contributed to installed capacity.

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