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Turkey has a tenth of the world’s geothermal capacity


The share of geothermal energy in total Turkish electricity generation has risen steadily to 3.1% in the first seven months of this year with an increase in capacity of 37 megawatts, as announced by the Anadolu Agency (AA). Turkey lies in an active tectonic belt and has enormous geothermal potential, accounting for 11.5% of global geothermal capacity. According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), Turkey took fourth place worldwide and first in Europe with a geothermal capacity of 1,613 megawatts at the end of 2020. The country’s installed geothermal electricity capacity rose to 1,650 megawatts at the end of July, the number of geothermal power plants reached 63. Geothermal energy accounted for 1.65% of the total installed electricity capacity, which was 98,263 megawatts at the end of July. Of the 188.8 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity generated in the period from January to July, 3.1% or 5.9 billion kWh came from geothermal power plants. Geothermal energy plays an important role in reducing the country’s natural gas imports and its overall energy import bill.