Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 0.25% on Oct. 5

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.25% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 866,098 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,207 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,644 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 852,398 megawatt-hours on Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal constituted 26.1% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 24.4% and 13.4%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,276 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,976 megawatt-hours.

• Electricity production
• TEIAS