TURKEY ELECTRICITY REVIEW 2022

The Turkey Electricity Review 2022 report by Ember analyzes the trends in Turkey's power generation, noting a three-year decline in coal generation and a record increase in wind and solar power. However, it highlights that renewable growth has not kept pace with surging power demand, and carbon intensity has not significantly improved since 1990, leaving Turkey lagging behind several European peers.

• Non-hydro renewable generation, comprising wind, solar, geothermal, and bioenergy, doubled since 2017 and surpassed hydropower for the first time in 2021. Wind and solar specifically reached a record 44.6 TWh, representing a 25% annual increase and a 13.6% share of total power generation in 2021, up from 11.7% in 2020.
• Coal generation in Turkey has declined for three consecutive years, falling by 8% between 2018 and 2021. The 2021 decrease was primarily driven by high costs of importing hard coal, which exceeded 70 $/MWh, making wind and solar more cost-effective than running imported coal plants.
• A decline in hydropower generation due to drought was compensated by an increase in gas power in 2021. The share of hydropower dropped from 26% to 17%, while gas increased from 23% to 33%, resulting in fossil fuels accounting for 65% of power generation in 2021.
• Renewable energy deployment has failed to keep up with the increase in power demand. Between 2011 and 2021, renewable production increased by 57 TWh, but power demand grew by 95 TWh, with the gap largely filled by imported coal (+32 TWh).
• Turkey's carbon intensity of power has not shown significant improvement in at least 30 years. Between 2004 and 2021, Turkey saw a 3% increase in carbon intensity, while several European countries achieved significant reductions: Denmark (-60%), Greece (-50%), UK (-50%), Romania (-45%), Italy (-45%), Netherlands (-32%), Germany (-28%), and Bulgaria (-13%).

APA

Alparslan, U. (2022). TURKEY ELECTRICITY REVIEW 2022. Ember. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/09/Turkey-Electricity-Review-2022.pdf

Chicago

Alparslan, Ufuk. TURKEY ELECTRICITY REVIEW 2022. Ember, 2022. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/09/Turkey-Electricity-Review-2022.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{alparslan2022turkey, author = {Alparslan, Ufuk}, title = {{TURKEY ELECTRICITY REVIEW 2022}}, institution = {Ember}, year = {2022}, month = jan, url = {https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2024/09/Turkey-Electricity-Review-2022.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }