Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1% on March 10

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 863,711 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,747 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 29,800 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 849,450 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 1.1% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.1% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 18.7% and 14.8%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,586 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,847 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye