Turkey using less coal and hydropower energy; renewables and gas up
A UK-based environmental organization released a report detailing changes in Turkey’s use of different energy sources.
Turkey’s use of coal and water for energy decreased in 2021, while its use of renewable energy and gas went up, according to a new report.
The London-based environmental watchdog Ember released its Turkey Electricity Review 2022 today. The report details Turkey’s use of different energy sources for its domestic power needs.
Wind and solar power accounted for 13.6 percent of Turkey’s total power generation in 2021, up from 11.7 percent in 2020.
The use of coal also went down in 2021 for the third year in a row, which Ember attributed to “extremely high costs of importing hard coal.” The use of coal is still more prevalent than it was before 2018, however.
