Turkiye's electricity production increased by 5.7% in December 2021 compared to the same month of 2020, according to the latest data reported by the country's energy watchdog.
Total electricity production increased to around 28.46 million megawatt-hours (MWh), from 26.94 million MWh in December 2020, Turkiye's Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA) announced in its electricity market report for December 2021.
Turkiye produced electricity from several sources: 31.8% from natural gas, 21% from imported coal, 14.3% from lignite, 12.9% from hydropower and 12.2% from wind. Geothermal, biomass, hard coal, asphaltite, solar power, fuel oil and diesel generated the remaining share.
Electricity consumption in December last year rose to 21.7 million MWh, marking a 2.7% increase compared to the same month of 2020. Industrial sector consumption held the largest share at 45.1%, followed by the commercial sector at 25.3%. The residential sector ranked third with 24.7%, while agricultural irrigation and street lighting accounted for the remainder.
Turkiye's installed electricity capacity was up 3.6% in December last year from the same period of 2020.
Natural gas power plants comprised 27.6%, while 25.2% came from hydropower plants and 11.4% 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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