Türkiye's electricity production decreased by around 6.71% in January compared to the same month in 2022, the latest data from the country's energy watchdog showed.
Total electricity production fell to around 26.17 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in January, Türkiye's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) announced in its electricity market report for January 2023.
The country produced electricity from several sources: 27.2% from natural gas, 26.9% from imported coal, 15% from lignite, 11.3% from hydropower and 10.3% from wind.
Geothermal, biomass, hard coal, solar power, asphaltite and fuel oil generated the remaining share.
Electricity consumption in January also decreased to around 20.94 million MWh, marking a 4% drop compared to the same month last year.
Installed electricity capacity, however, rose by around 3.3% to 95,222 megawatts in January, relative to January last year.
Natural gas power plants comprised 26.5%, while 24.4% came from hydropower plants and 11.9% from wind power plants.
Lignite, imported coal, hydro, biomass, geothermal, solar power, hard coal, asphaltite, fuel oil, naphtha, LNG and diesel also contributed to installed capacity.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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