According to the “Electricity Market Sector Report” of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) for August, 27.9 percent of the licensed electricity production was made from hydroelectricity, 21.1 percent from imported coal, 14.4 percent from wind, 13.6 percent from natural gas, 12.5 percent from lignite and 3.7 percent from solar power plants. These sources were followed by geothermal, biomass, hard coal, asphaltite and fuel oil, respectively.
Türkiye’s licensed electricity production amounted to 32 million 571 thousand 188 megawatt hours in August, with an increase of 0.8 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.
The amount of electricity consumption billed increased by 0.5 percent in the same period and reached 28 million 794 thousand 444 megawatt hours.
34.2 percent of the consumption was made by industry, 28.2 percent by the public and private services sector and other subscribers, and 27.5 percent by households. The share of lighting in consumption was recorded as 1.5 percent, and the share of agricultural activities was recorded as 8.6 percent.
NUMBER OF CONSUMERS AND INSTALLED CAPACITY INCREASED
The number of electricity consumers increased by 2.6 percent in August compared to the same month last year, reaching 52 million 758 thousand 678.
During this period, there was an increase of 0.25 percent in the number of industrial consumers, 2.6 percent in the number of residential consumers, 2.64 percent in the number of lighting consumers, 2.88 percent in the number of public and private services sector and other consumers, and 1.24 percent in the number of agricultural activity consumers.
Türkiye’s licensed electricity installed power increased by 3.2 percent in this period, reaching 101 thousand 254 megawatts.
Approximately 24.3 percent of the installed capacity was made up of natural gas, 23.6 percent of dam hydraulics, 15 percent of wind, 10.3 percent of imported coal and 10.1 percent of lignite power plants, and the remaining part was made up of facilities producing electricity from other energy sources.
