Türkiye’s licensed power generation down 5.29% in February

Türkiye’s electricity production decreased by around 5.29% in February compared to the same month in 2022, the latest data from the country’s energy watchdog showed.

Total electricity production fell to around 23.64 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in February, Türkiye’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) announced in its electricity market report for February 2023.

The country produced electricity from several sources: 30.6% from natural gas, 23.8% from imported coal, 13.7% from lignite, 10.2% from hydropower and 12.9% from wind.

Geothermal, biomass, hard coal, solar power, asphaltite and fuel oil generated the remaining share.

Electricity consumption in February also decreased to around 18.93 million MWh, marking a 10.8% drop compared to the same month last year.

Installed electricity capacity, however, rose by around 3.23% to 95,223 megawatts in February, relative to February last year.

Natural gas power plants comprised 26.52%, while 24.4% came from hydropower plants and 11.9% 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.

• Türkiye's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA)