Türkiye's licensed electricity generation increased 6.51% in June from a year earlier, while electricity consumption grew slightly faster at 7.09%, according to EMRA data.
Hydropower was the largest source of licensed electricity generation, accounting for 40.12% of total output.
Wind power followed with 12.95%, while imported coal accounted for 12.55%, lignite for 11.45%, natural gas for 10.91% and solar power for 3.99%.
Geothermal, biomass, hard coal, asphaltite and fuel oil accounted for the remaining generation.
- Electricity consumption rises faster than generation
Billed electricity consumption increased 7.09% year-on-year to around 24.11 million MWh in June.
The increase in consumption was slightly faster than the growth in electricity generation, pointing to stronger demand across the power system.
Türkiye's licensed electricity generation capacity rose 3.15% year-on-year to 100,874 megawatts (MW) in June.
Natural gas power plants accounted for the largest share of licensed installed capacity at 24.39%.
Reservoir hydropower plants followed with 23.66%, while wind accounted for 14.90%, imported coal for 10.37% and lignite for 10.14%.
Run-of-river hydropower, solar, biomass, geothermal, hard coal, asphaltite and fuel oil plants made up the remaining capacity.
The data show that Türkiye's electricity system continues to expand while hydropower and wind remain major sources of generation and natural gas remains the largest source of installed thermal capacity.
By Gokce Kucuk Topbas
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
