Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 0.78% on March 3

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.78% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 868,456 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,872 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,486 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 865,983 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 0.85% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from natural gas constituted 32.8% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.4% and 12.5%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,940 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,797 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation