Turkey's electricity production increased by 2.7% in October compared to the same month of 2020, according to the latest data reported by the country's energy watchdog.
Total electricity production increased to approximately 25.3 million megawatt-hours (MWh), from 24.6 million MWh in October 2020, Turkey's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) announced in its electricity market report for October 2021.
Turkey produced electricity from several sources: 42.3% from natural gas, 14.6% from lignite, 12.9% from hydropower, 10.8% from imported coal and 10.4% from wind. Geothermal, biomass, hard coal, asphaltite, solar power and fuel oil generated the remaining share.
Electricity consumption in October rose to 20.6 million MWh, marking a 1.5% increase compared to the same month of 2020. Industrial sector consumption held the largest share at 47.2%, followed by the commercial sector at 25.2%. The residential sector ranked third with 21.8%, while agricultural irrigation and street lighting accounted for the remainder.
Turkey's installed electricity capacity was up 5.1% in October from the same period of 2020.
Natural gas power plants comprised 27.8%, while 25.4% came from hydropower plants, 11.1% from wind power plants and 11% from lignite plants. Imported coal, hydro, geothermal, biomass, solar power, hard coal, asphaltite, fuel oil, naphtha, LNG and diesel also contributed to installed capacity.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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