ENERGO: Turkey tops table as Europe’s biggest producer of electricity at coal-fired plants

Turkey overtook Germany and Poland in June to become Europe's top producer of electricity made at coal-fired plants, according to the global energy transition columnist at Reuters.

Also, in 1H23, Turkey generated more coal power than Poland for the first time to become Europe's second-largest coal user behind Germany, added the columnist, Gavin Maguire.

Emissions from Turkey's coal-fired electricity output also recorded a new half-year high at more than 44mn tonnes of carbon dioxide and equivalent gases, he noted. That emissions total was ahead of Poland's 39mn tonnes for the same period.

Turkey's coal-fired electricity output capacity has grown in nine of the past 10 years. It stood at 20.49 GW as of the end of 2022.

Wrote Maguire: “Since 2018, Turkey's installed coal capacity has climbed by more than 9%, which compares with declines of more than 15% in Germany, 20% in Italy, 44% in Romania, and 14% in the Czech Republic over the same period. Even Poland, Europe's most coal-dependent economy, has seen a modest net capacity decline since 2018.”