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Electricity generation from solar energy in Türkiye reached an all-time monthly high in July, rising to 5.37 billion kilowatt-hours, the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry said.
According to the ministry, Türkiye’s total electricity generation in July stood at 34.6 billion kilowatt-hours.
Hydroelectric power plants had the highest share in electricity generation last month, accounting for 26.2% of the total.
Hydroelectric plants generated 9.07 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity during the period.
Solar power generation, which had reached a previous all-time monthly high in June with 4.99 billion kilowatt-hours, set a new record in July.
Electricity generation from solar stood at 5.37 billion kilowatt-hours in July, accounting for 15.5% of total electricity generation.
During the same period, 20.14 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were generated from renewable sources, corresponding to 58.2% of Türkiye’s total electricity generation.
Electricity generation from domestic sources also reached an all-time monthly high in July, rising to 24.75 billion kilowatt-hours.
The share of domestic sources in total electricity generation was calculated at 71.5%.
Daily generation records were also observed in solar and wind energy in July.
On July 19, electricity generation from solar energy reached 189,680 megawatt-hours, marking an all-time daily high.
Wind power generated a total of 4.16 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity throughout July.
Wind generation reached 265,512 megawatt-hours on July 30, setting a daily record.
Between Jan. 1 and July 31, Türkiye generated 66.1 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity from hydroelectric sources, 25.6 billion kilowatt-hours from wind and 24.6 billion kilowatt-hours from solar.
All three sources reached their highest generation levels for the same period since 2000.
In the first seven months of the year, 156 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were generated from domestic sources, corresponding to 73.9% of total generation.
During the same period, 128.8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were generated from renewable sources, giving renewables a 61% share in total generation.
These figures marked the highest levels in both volume and share for the same period since 2000.
Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar said Türkiye’s energy transformation was continuing with domestic and renewable resources.
“The great transformation in our energy architecture continues without slowing down with our domestic and renewable resources,” Bayraktar said in a post on NSosyal.
“In July, we achieved a historic double record in our electricity generation, raising our generation based on domestic sources to 24.75 billion kilowatt-hours and our solar energy generation to 5.37 billion kilowatt-hours, reaching the highest values of all time on a monthly basis,” he said.
“With this strong momentum we have achieved especially in solar and in our domestic resources, we continue to move forward with firm steps toward our goal of a Fully Independent Türkiye in Energy,” Bayraktar added.
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