Türkiye’s electricity production in January increased by around 3%, compared to the same period last year, data from the country’s energy watchdog showed on Thursday.
Total electricity generation reached up to around 29.45 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in January, Türkiye’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) announced in its latest electricity market report.
The country produced electricity from several sources including 28.3% from natural gas, 24.9% from natural gas, 25% from imported coal, and 16.4% from hydropower plants.
Lignite, wind, geothermal, biomass, solar power, hard coal, asphaltite, and fuel oil generated the remaining share.
Electricity consumption in January increased to around 24.74 million MWh, marking a 5.4% growth year-on-year.
Installed electricity capacity rose by 1.2% to 97,505 megawatts in January, relative to January 2024.
Natural gas power plants comprised 25.1% of electricity installed capacity, while hydropower and wind plants accounted for 24.5% and 13.2%, respectively.
Imported coal, lignite, run-of-river hydroelectricity, biomass, solar power, geothermal, hard coal, asphaltite, and fuel oil also contributed to the installed capacity.
