Türkiye is in the race with the EU! Sun electricity for 10 million people

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Lerato Khumalo

Due to the global climate change, every summer temperature records have been broken for the last 5 years. From 2019 to 2024, it was recorded as the “hottest year” every year. Destroying food and water resources; Global warming, which threatens human life from epidemic diseases to sudden deaths caused by temperature, makes clean methods in energy production. Excessive hot and sunny days make it possible to produce electrical energy from the sun without touching fossil resources and water reserves. Recent data on the generation of electricity from the sun was included in the European Electricity 2025 Report. The results make faces laugh both in EU countries and in Turkey.

Electricity production from the sun met the electricity needs of 10 million people in Istanbul in 2024.

Striking results

In 2024, 11 percent of the electricity produced in the European Union was solar energy. The share of coal fell to 10 percent. According to the report, the share of fossil gas in electricity generation remained at 16 percent. “European Electricity Review” analyzed annual electricity production in 27 EU member countries in 2024 to evaluate the progress of the region from fossil fuels to clean electricity. Accordingly, solar energy was the EU’s fastest growing power supply in 2024.

Increased

The report included the following: “Capacity additions reached a record level in 2024 and production was 22 percent higher than 2023. These results mean that the EU, the third largest power supply in 2019, declined to the sixth place in 2024 . While solar energy grows in every EU country, coal becomes increasingly marginalized. More than half of the EU countries either have no coal power or have a share of 5 percent in power mixtures. In order to maintain the growth in solar energy, accelerated clean flexibility and smart electrification are needed. “

Fossil fuel decreased

In the report, the European Green Consensus objectives were emphasized and said: “In the five years of the European Green Consensus, the increase in wind and sun production is the main reason for the decrease in fossil fuel production. Without the wind and solar capacity added since 2019, the EU would have imported 92 billion cubic meters of fossil gas and 55 million tons of hard coal. In order to maximize future benefits, member states should continue to implement reforms to accelerate wind energy distribution despite cost competitiveness. “

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The European Union will implement the Green Consensus by 2023.

Türkiye was also a pioneer

The same organization’s report on the situation in Turkey has also revealed satisfactory results. Turkey’s solar energy production increased by more than 40 percent in the first 8 months of 2024 compared to the same period of 2023 and contributed to the recording level of electricity demand in the summer months. The report includes the following information: “In 2024, solar energy met more than 10 GWH electricity during the summit hours and met the hourly electricity needs of more than 10 million people.

70 percent welcomed

In the last five years, the report stated that solar energy meets 70 percent of the increase in demand: The time period between 7 and 5 pm in the morning is the time when solar energy reaches the highest levels of electricity generation. These hours coincide with the fact that the industry and service sector, public buildings and households see the highest activity and often use energy -intensive devices such as air conditioners.

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