Turkiye's electricity production increased by 5.6% in February compared to the same month in 2021, the latest data from the country's energy watchdog showed.
Total electricity production increased to around 24.92 million megawatt-hours (MWh) from 23.61 million MWh in February last year, Turkiye's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) announced in its electricity market report for February.
Turkiye produced electricity from several sources: 22.6% from natural gas, 20.8% from imported coal, 20.2% from hydropower, 14.9% from lignite and 10.6% from wind. Geothermal, biomass, diesel, hard coal, asphaltite, solar power and fuel oil generated the remaining share.
Electricity consumption in February rose to 21.2 million MWh, marking an 11.3% increase compared to the same month of 2021. Industrial sector consumption held the largest share at 42.7%, followed by the residential sector at 25.9%. The commercial sector ranked third with 24.1%, while agricultural irrigation and street lighting accounting for the remainder.
Turkiye's installed electricity capacity was up 2.8% in February from the same period of 2021.
Natural gas power plants comprised 27.4%, while 25.2% came from hydropower plants and 11.5% from wind power plants. Lignite, 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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