Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.02% on Sept. 15

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 0.02% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 922,254 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,732 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 31,451 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 911,646 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.09% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 33.7% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 21.8% and 13.9%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 10,614 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 21,222 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye