Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.4% on Oct. 11

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.4% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 893,516 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,398 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,096 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)

Electricity production amounted to 908,502 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a rise of 0.9% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.7% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 24.3% and 14.1%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 15,917 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 857 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation