Türkiye's electricity production decreased by around 8.4% in March compared to the same month in 2022, the latest data from the country's energy watchdog showed.
Total electricity production fell to around 25.32 million megawatt-hours (MWh) in March, Türkiye's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) announced in its electricity market report for March 2023.
The country produced electricity from several sources: 22.6% from imported coal, 22.2% from natural gas, 21.2% from hydropower, 12.9% from lignite and 12.1% from wind.
Geothermal, biomass, hard coal, solar power, asphaltite and fuel oil generated the remaining share.
Electricity consumption in March also decreased to around 20.19 million MWh, marking a 6.3% drop compared to the same month last year.
Installed electricity capacity, however, rose by around 3% to 95,307 megawatts in March, relative to March last year.
Natural gas power plants comprised 26.52%, while 24.4% came from hydropower plants and 11.9% from wind power plants.
Lignite, imported coal, hydropower, biomass, geothermal, solar power, hard coal, asphaltite, fuel oil, naphtha, LNG and diesel also contributed to installed capacity.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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