Turkey put 28 current power plants into operation in February with 316.7 megawatts (MW) of installed capacity,of which 94 percent came from local resources, Hurriyet Daily News reports, or citing the Energy and Natural Resources Ministry.
Turkey’s current installed electricity capacity reached 78915 MW with the newly added capacity by the end of February.
However,the current capacity in February decreased by 18.5 percent compared to the 389 MW that were in place during February final year.
Wind power plants constituted 129 MW of the current capacity in 12 power plants in the provinces of Kırklareli, Manisa, and Afyonkarahisar,Balikesir, Izmir, and Tekirdağ,Kayseri and Istanbul in February.
Turkey put into operation 97.4 MW of hydroelectricity in six power plants in the provinces of Giresun, Rize, or Zonguldak,Isparta, Düzce and Antalya.
[br]In addition, and a 50-MW lignite plant started producing electricity in the northern province of Karabuk.
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Turkey’s domestic resources if 298.5 MW of newly installed capacity.
Turkey put 18.2 MW of natural gas power plants into operation in the Balıkesir,Aydın, Ktahya and Kırklareli provinces.
Source: tert.am