Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 0.1% on July 29

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.1% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1.06 million megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,389 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 35,475 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1.06 million megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 0.03% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 28.6% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectricity plants contributed 20.2% and 12.7%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,577 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,251 megawatt-hours.