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Turkey sets daily wind power generation record
Turkey's wind farms set a daily generation record on Nov.
13, according to figures from the country's electricity grid operator.
They produced 276,794 megawatt-hours, equal to 28.1% of Turkey's electricity output that day.
The previous daily record was 259,076 megawatt-hours on Jan.
3.
Wind generated more electricity than dam-based hydropower and imported-coal plants, which supplied 19% and 14.9% of total output.
Turkey produced 986,783 megawatt-hours of electricity and consumed 978,790 megawatt-hours that day.
It exported 9,235 megawatt-hours and imported 2,129 megawatt-hours; no further developments were given.
Turkey set a daily wind power generation record of 276,794 megawatt-hours, according to data cited from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation.
Wind supplied 28.1% of the country’s electricity generation that day.
Total electricity generation was 986,783 megawatt-hours.
The previous daily wind generation record was 259,076 megawatt-hours, set on Jan. 3.
Turkey consumed 978,790 megawatt-hours of electricity and exported more than it imported.
- Who
- Turkey’s electricity sector, as reported through Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation data.
- What
- Daily wind power generation reached a record 276,794 megawatt-hours.
- When
- The day before the report was published on Nov. 14, 2026.
- Where
- Turkey.
- Why
- Not stated
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Turkey’s previous daily wind generation record was 259,076 megawatt-hours.
Wind power generation in Turkey reached 276,794 megawatt-hours, setting a new daily record.
- Wind generation record
- 276,794 megawatt-hours
- Wind share of generation
- 28.1%
- Total electricity generation
- 986,783 megawatt-hours
- Previous record
- 259,076 megawatt-hours on Jan. 3
- Electricity exports
- 9,235 megawatt-hours
- Electricity imports
- 2,129 megawatt-hours
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A record of all time was set in daily electricity generation from wind, at 276,794 megawatt-hours.