Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 0.87% on Sep. 1

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.87% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,042,485 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,381 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 35,202 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,047,721 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking an increase of 0.37% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from natural gas constituted 34.3% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 22% and 11.2%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,588 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 352 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation
• Turkiye