Turkey remains at the top as Europe’s largest coal-fired power producer

turkey The company reportedly increased its coal-fired power production by 2% year-on-year to a record 88 terawatt hours (TWh) from January to September.

Germany remained the second largest coal-fired power producer in Europe with 69 TWh Poland remained in third place with 65 TWh, according to data compiled by energy research firm Ember and reported by Reuters on October 16th…

turkey In addition, the company increased its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from coal-fired power generation by 1.5 million tons to 88 million tons over the same period. Germany followed with 72 million tons and Poland with 67 million tons.

Türkiye’s share of Europe’s total emissions also reached a record high of 19% from January to September. Ember expects this to exceed 20% in the winter months when heating demand is at its peak.

On the positive side, the share of coal in Turkey’s combined electricity production also fell to 35% in 2023, from 37% in 2023, due to higher production from hydro and solar systems.

However, Ember expects water and solar production in the country to decline in the winter months.

PolandMeanwhile, the country met 56% of its electricity needs from coal from January to September, compared to 74% in 2022. In 2022, the figure was 20% Germany while 13% was the European average.

In the first nine months of this year, Turkey’s electricity consumption rose 5% compared to the same period last year, compared with an increase of 2.4% Europe a total of 3% in Poland and 0.4% in Germany.

Since 2019, Turkey’s electricity consumption has increased by 13%, while Europe’s overall demand has fallen by 2% and electricity consumption has fallen by 8% Germany.

turkey imports about 40% of its coal consumption. Its imports fell 5% year-on-year to 17 million tonnes in January-September.

Russia accounts for about 70% of Turkey’s coal imports. The next largest providers are Colombia, Australia and the USA.

That was in 2023 turkey outdated Poland to become Europe’s second largest coal-fired power producer for the first time.

In 2024 the country took over Germany first place. It has remained in pole position ever since.