Turkey’s Electricity Production Increased in August

Turkey’s Electricity Production Increased in August Turkey’s electricity production increased in August. Electricity production rose by 4.2 percent in August. According to the 'Electricity Market Sector Report' of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) of August, 26.7 percent of licensed electricity generation is from natural gas power plants, 24.3 percent from hydroelectric power plants, 22 percent from imported coal and 11.5 percent of them were realized from lignite power plants. These were followed by wind, geothermal, biomass, hard coal, asphaltite, solar and fuel. Total licensed electricity generation increased by 4.2 percent in August compared to the same month of 2019 and reached 27 million 641 thousand 892 megawatt hours.   Increase in the Number of Consumers The number of consumers in electricity increased by 2.5 percent in August compared to the same month of 2019 and reached 45 million 669 thousand 356. During the period in question, the number of industrial consumers increased by approximately 15.3 percent, the number of agricultural irrigation consumers by 3.8 percent, the number of residential consumers by 2.7 percent and the number of business consumers by 1.3 percent, while the number of lighting consumers decreased by 2.1 percent.   Invoiced Consumption Amount Increased Billed electricity consumption increased by 11.4 percent in August compared to the same month last year and reached 22 million 259 thousand 461 megawatt hours. 38.7 percent of the consumption was made by industry, 25.8 percent by business and 25.3 percent by residential subscribers. It was determined that 8.5 percent of the consumption originated from agricultural irrigation and 1.7 percent from lighting.   Increase in Installed Capacity Installed and licensed electricity capacity of Turkey increased by 2.3 percent in the said period and reached 86 thousand 433 megawatts. 29.7 percent of the installed capacity was made up of natural gas conversion plants, 25.3 percent of hydroelectric with a dam, and 11.7 percent from lignite power plants. The remainder of the installed capacity is shared between facilities generating electricity from other energy sources.