August Sees Decrease in Electricity Production – Latest Update
According to the latest “Electricity Market Sector Report” released by the Energy Market Regulatory Authority, Turkey’s licensed electricity production is dominated by natural gas power plants, imported coal, and hydroelectric power plants.
In August, 26.7 percent of licensed electricity production came from natural gas power plants, while 23.4 percent was from imported coal and 17.1 percent from hydroelectric power plants. Lignite power plants contributed 12 percent, followed by wind power plants at 10.4 percent. Other sources included biomass, geothermal, solar, hard coal, fuel oil, and asphaltite.
Despite a slight decrease of 1.53 percent in licensed electricity production compared to the same month last year, the amount of invoiced electricity consumption increased by 4.11 percent, reaching over 27 million megawatt hours.
Industry accounted for 34.6 percent of electricity consumption, while residential subscribers used 27.4 percent and public and private services sector subscribers used 27 percent. Lighting activities made up 1.5 percent, with agricultural activities at 9.3 percent.
The number of electricity consumers increased by 1.83 percent in August, totaling over 50 million. Residential consumers saw a 1.8 percent increase, while agricultural activity consumers increased by 2.8 percent. Conversely, there was a 6.5 percent decrease in industrial consumers.
Turkey’s licensed electricity installed capacity also rose by 0.9 percent, reaching 96,477 megawatts. The majority of the installed capacity is from natural gas cycle power plants, followed by hydroelectric power plants with dams, wind power plants, and imported coal power plants. Other energy sources make up the remaining capacity.
Overall, the electricity market in Turkey continues to evolve with the increasing use of renewable energy sources and growing consumer demand.
