Türkiye's electricity production decreased by around 1% in October compared to the same month in 2024, data from the country's energy watchdog showed on Tuesday.
Total electricity production rose to around 25.5 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in October, Türkiye's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) announced in its electricity market report for October 2025.
The country produced electricity from several sources, including 27.4% from imported coal, 25.4% from natural gas, 13.7% from lignite, 11.1% from hydropower and 10.1% from wind.
Geothermal, biomass, solar power, hard coal, asphaltite, and fuel oil generated the remaining share.
Electricity consumption in October also increased to around 23 million MWh, marking a 3.7% rise compared to the same month the previous year.
Installed electricity capacity rose by around 2.1% to 98,706 megawatts in October, relative to September 2024.
Hydropower and natural gas power plants comprised 24.2% of electricity installed capacity, while wind plants accounted for 14.4%, imported coal plants accounted for 10.6%, and lignite plants accounted for 10.4%.
Solar power, biomass, geothermal, hard coal, asphaltite, and fuel oil also contributed to the installed capacity.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
