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Power plants in Türkiye

163 power-plant records · 51,445 MW reported capacity

  • Solar 42%
  • Hydro 17%
  • Coal 15%
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Türkiye at a glance

Power-plant records
163
Reported capacity
51,445 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
45.6%
Most records
Solar, Hydro
Grid operator
TEİAŞ
Capital
Ankara

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Türkiye

Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail

Gas, coal, hydro, wind and solar supply power; Türkiye is synchronised with Continental Europe.

  1. GenerationCompeting generators
  2. TransmissionIndependent grid operator
  3. DistributionRegulated local networks
  4. CustomersYou choose a supplier

Who regulates

  • EPDKEnergy regulator

Who controls the grid

State-owned TEİAŞ runs transmission; 21 private distribution companies serve regions; EPİAŞ runs the market.

Markets & power exchanges

Regional grid

  • ENTSO-E · Continental European gridRegional grid

    Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.

What does “Liberalised market” mean?

Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Türkiye generates electricity

Electricity generated341.2 TWh
Renewable share45.6%
Low-carbon share45.6%
Carbon intensity469.7 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro74.6 TWh
Wind36.5 TWh
Solar25.7 TWh
Bioenergy8.7 TWh
Other renewables10.2 TWh
Nuclear0 TWh
Coal121.3 TWh
Gas63.3 TWh
Other fossil0.98 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Türkiye is in Western Asia. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Ankara
Languages
Turkish
Region
Western Asia

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 163 records for Türkiye. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

163 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

106 lack an owner/operator; 138 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Türkiye

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Browse 163 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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1,330 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
Enerji Atlasi · historical recordDetails & map
Owner in source
Cenal Elektrik
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
2017
Source status
Operating status unverified
GCPT · historical recordDetails & map

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