Türkiye’s licensed power generation down 8.4% in March

Türkiye’s electricity production decreased by around 8.4% in March compared to the same month in 2022, the latest data from the country’s energy watchdog showed.

Total electricity production fell to around 25.32 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in March, Türkiye’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) announced in its electricity market report for March 2023.

The country produced electricity from several sources: 22.6% from imported coal, 22.2% from natural gas, 21.2% from hydropower, 12.9% from lignite and 12.1% from wind.

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

Electricity consumption in March also decreased to around 20.19 million MWh, marking a 6.3% drop compared to the same month last year.

Installed electricity capacity, however, rose by around 3% to 95,307 megawatts in March, relative to March 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, hydropower, 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)