Türkiye's electricity production increased by around 10.9% in June 2024 compared to the same month in 2023, the latest data from the country's energy watchdog showed on Friday.
Total electricity production rose to around 26.23 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in June 2024, Türkiye's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) announced in its electricity market report for June 2024.
The country produced electricity from several sources: 25% from hydroelectricity, 21.8% from imported coal, 17.9% from natural gas, 13.2% from lignite and 11.7% from wind.
Geothermal, biomass, solar power, hard coal, fuel oil and asphaltite generated the remaining share.
Electricity consumption this June also increased to around 22.68 million MWh, marking a 6.8% rise compared to the same month the previous year.
Installed electricity capacity rose by around 0.8% to 96,323 megawatts in June 2024, relative to June 2023.
Natural gas power plants comprised 25.5% of electricity installed capacity, while hydropower and wind plants accounted for 24.8% and 12.6%, respectively.
Imported coal, lignite, hydropower, biomass, geothermal, solar power, hard coal, asphaltite, fuel oil, naphtha, LNG and diesel also contributed to the installed capacity.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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