Türkiye’s electricity consumption increased by 3.8% in 2024 compared with the previous year, reaching 347.9 TWh, while electricity generation increased by 5.4% compared with the previous year, reaching 348.9 TWh.
According to the results of the Türkiye National Energy Plan, electricity consumption is expected to reach 380.2 TWh in 2025, 455.3 TWh in 2030 and 510.5 TWh in 2035.
In 2024, 35.2% of our electricity was generated from coal, 18.9% from natural gas, 21.5% from hydropower, 10.5% from wind, 7.5% from solar, 3.2% from geothermal energy and 3.2% from other sources.
As of the end of January 2025, our country’s installed capacity reached 116,516 MW.
As of the end of January 2025, the distribution of our installed capacity by energy source was as follows: 27.6% hydropower, 21.1% natural gas, 18.8% coal, 11.2% wind, 17.4% solar, 1.5% geothermal and 2.3% other sources.
Furthermore, the number of electricity-generation facilities in our country increased to 34,104—including unlicensed facilities—as of the end of January 2025. Of the existing facilities, 765 are hydroelectric, 70 are coal-fired, 378 are wind-powered, 66 are geothermal, 332 are natural-gas-powered, 32,027 are solar-powered and 466 use other energy sources.
The energy think tank Ember published its Global Electricity Review, covering electricity-generation data from 80 countries that account for 92% of global electricity demand.
Accordingly, global electricity demand reached a record level of 29.5 terawatt-hours last year. Due particularly to declining consumption in developed countries, global electricity demand demonstrated a slow growth rate of 2.2% last year.
Solar and wind energy were the fastest-growing sources of electricity generation used to meet this demand.
Last year, solar energy accounted for 5.5% and wind energy for 7.8% of global electricity generation.
With growth of 23.2%, solar energy recorded the largest annual increase among electricity-generation sources. Solar power maintained its position as the world’s fastest-growing source of electricity for the nineteenth consecutive year.
Electricity generation from wind energy increased by 9.8% in 2023 compared with the previous year.
The share of hydropower in global electricity generation fell by 2% compared with the previous year, reaching 14.3%.
So why has HYDROGEN ENERGY, the world’s most abundant and cleanest energy source, still not entered widespread use?
To date, studies concerning hydrogen-production technologies have fallen far short of the expected efficiency. Due to high energy costs and maintenance expenses, it has not been possible to produce safe, abundant and affordable HYDROGEN, or energy from hydrogen, in the desired quality and quantity.
When energy sources are examined, although there is almost no other energy source that could serve as an alternative to hydrogen, HYDROGEN energy has not even entered the literature.
Is extremely dangerous to store and use unless advanced technological and high-cost safety precautions are implemented.
Although the use of hydrogen gas presents significant opportunities, particularly in the fields of energy and fuel systems, its safe use requires a high level of care during storage, transportation and utilisation. Storing it while taking these hazards into consideration requires effective safety measures and technological solutions. For these reasons, HYDROGEN ENERGY has neither taken its well-deserved position at the top of the list of energy sources nor even entered the literature.
COULD HYDROCARBON GASES PRODUCED FROM HYDROGEN—with adjustable ignition and combustion temperatures and calorific values—BE USED IN ALL FOSSIL-FUEL-BASED POWER PLANTS OPERATING WITH WOOD, COAL, PELLETS, NATURAL GAS, LPG, PETROL, DIESEL OR BIOGAS, AS WELL AS IN ELECTRICITY GENERATORS, TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY OR EVEN AS AN ALTERNATIVE FUEL THAT COMPLETELY ELIMINATES FOSSIL-FUEL CONSUMPTION?
Hydrogen is an explosive gas with high storage costs, a high ignition temperature and a high calorific value. Therefore, it is almost impossible to use it in existing energy systems without advanced technology and high costs. When hydrocarbon gases are produced from hydrogen through Bauer Processes to eliminate numerous problems in energy-demanding applications—such as implementation difficulties, high costs, storage problems and the inability to use hydrogen without system modifications—the following benefits can be achieved:
This will provide significant advantages.
HYDROCELL-group HYDROCARBON gases can be integrated into the existing combustion systems, boilers, burners and engines of all heat- or gas-powered energy plants to increase efficiency, reduce carbon emissions and lower production costs. Alternatively, electricity can be generated through units added to the superheated-steam line without intervening in the process’s combustion system.
When HYDROCELL gases can be produced abundantly and economically, they are expected to rapidly establish themselves as a renewable alternative energy source in the energy sector—particularly in ELECTRICITY GENERATION—because they will be cleaner, more reliable, more environmentally friendly and more economical than petroleum-based and other fossil fuels.
