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At least another month of dry weather is expected.
The government is "hoping it starts raining in the autumn." Dry winters are not unusual in Turkey, and the fear is that climate change is making them more common.
At-end July, Turkey’s installed electricity capacity reached 98,263 MW. The wind capacity reached 10,010 MW.
In H1, wind met around 9% of total electricity generation.
Turkey's wind capacity and equipment production made it now as one of the 10 biggest markets globally.
Turkey was the fifth-biggest equipment producer in Europe last year, with the country expanding its exports to 45 nations.
Of the 77 wind equipment producer companies in Turkey, 70% generate their revenues from equipment exports.
The highest wind energy capacity on a provincial basis was seen in Izmir province at around 1,700 MW, followed by Balikesir at 1,300 MW, Canakkale at 850 MW, Manisa at 750 MW and Istanbul at 420 MW. With the notable exception of Istanbul, the majority of the locations with high wind energy capacity are in the Aegean region.
The share of solar power in Turkey's total installed electricity capacity rose to 7.5% at the end of July. Turkey added 658 MW of solar capacity in the first seven months of this year, bringing the country's total solar power capacity to 7,325 MW.
The share of solar in electricity generation was 4.2% in the January-July period at 8bn kilowatt-hours. The country’s total electricity generation stood at 188.8bn kilowatt-hours.
Turkey’s installed geothermal electricity capacity increased to 1,650 MW at the end of July, with the number of geothermal power plants numbering 63.
Of the 188.8bn kilowatt-hours of electricity generated during January-July, geothermal power plants accounted for 3.1%, or 5.9bn kilowatt-hours.
Turkey ranked fourth in the world and first in Europe with its geothermal energy capacity of 1,613 megawatts as of the end of 2020, according to data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Geothermal energy in Turkey is mainly sourced in the Aegean region, with Aydin province leading with 850.4 MW of capacity.
Electricity generation from geothermal in Turkey first started in 1975 via public investments. The first geothermal power plant built by the private sector was commissioned in 2006.
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