According to data from the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, 5.16 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were generated from solar and 4.74 billion kilowatt-hours from wind in August, giving them shares of 14.1 percent and 12.9 percent, respectively. The two sources’ combined total of 9.9 billion kilowatt-hours went on record as the highest value reached in a single month. Total generation came to 36.71 billion kilowatt-hours, with renewables accounting for 56.4 percent (20.7 billion kWh) and domestic resources for 69.7 percent (25.58 billion kWh). Hydropower ranked first with 9.08 billion kilowatt-hours and a share of 24.7 percent. On August 13, the daily record for 2026 was broken with 1 million 241 thousand 291 megawatt-hours. In the first eight months, hydropower reached 75.2 billion, wind 30.4 billion and solar 29.8 billion kilowatt-hours, while domestic production at 181.8 billion kilowatt-hours (73.2 percent) and renewables at 149.8 billion kilowatt-hours (60.3 percent) hit their highest levels since 2000.
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