The installed capacity of hydropower in Turkey continues to grow despite lower output amid severe droughts that have been drying up rivers and reservoirs.
The production from hydropower plants has fallen to 20.1% in overall electricity generation from January through July of this year, according to data compiled by Anadolu Agency (AA) Wednesday.By the end of July, 735 hydropower plants were generating electricity in Turkey.
The share of these plants in the total electricity generation of 188.7 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) stood at 20.1%, or 37.9 billion kWh, during the seven-month period.
Hydropower plants saw a dramatic drop in output to water shortages, which first emerged in the last quarter of 2020
The share of one of the leading forms of existing clean power in electricity generation during the January-July period of 2020 hit 31.6%, generating 53.8 billion kWh of electricity out of the total of 170.4 billion kWh.
At the end of July this year, Turkey's hydropower capacity reached 31,436 megawatts (MW), accounting for 32% of the country's total installed power capacity of 98,264 MW.
Hydropower constituted 60% of the total installed renewable capacity, which stood at 52,000 MW.
The country’s first hydropower plant, the Tarsus plant in the Mersin province, began operations in 1902 with a capacity of 60 kilowatts. This increased to 18 MW in 1950, and up to 412 MW in 1960 - link - more like this - link
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