Key takeaways from the report are:
In 2024, solar power in Türkiye increased by a record 39% year-on-year. This pushed solar’s share of electricity to 7.5%, up from 5.7% in 2023. Wind remained steady at 10.7%, close to the previous year’s level of 10.6%. As a result, the total share of wind and solar in electricity generation surpassed 18%.
Despite an increase in electricity generation from coal (+4 TWh) in 2024, coal’s share in Türkiye’s electricity mix slightly declined from 36.9% to 35.6%. With coal-fired power generation continuing to decline across Europe, Türkiye overtook Germany to become the country with the most coal power generation in Europe. Meanwhile, gas power fell by 3 TWh (-4%). This brought the share of fossil fuels in power generation down to 55% — the lowest level since 1993.
Annual electricity generation from wind and solar in 2024 was 62 TWh, above domestic coal (47 TWh) for the second year in a row. This even exceeded the historic peak of domestic coal generation (53 TWh in 2019) for the first time. Despite ongoing coal power plant projects in Türkiye, domestic coal power generation is unlikely to surpass wind and solar in the future.
Although demand growth has slowed in recent years, it is still outpacing the rate of new wind and solar additions. Demand increased by 42 TWh in the last five years, compared to 31 TWh of additional wind and solar. The rest of demand is met by imported coal and gas.
Türkiye’s newly announced 2035 installed capacity targets, unveiled during COP29, aim to quadruple the country’s current wind and solar capacity. If achieved, by 2035 the share of fossil power generation could drop to below 20% and wind and solar rise to 49%.
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