Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 3.9% on Sept. 10

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 3.9% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 906,813 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,212 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 31,269 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 894,755 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 3.77% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 31.9% of total generation, while imported coal power plants and hydro power plants contributed 22.5% and 14%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 13,991 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 26,049 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye