Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.42% on Nov. 14

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.42% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 932,192 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,637 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 31,354 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 947,248 megawatt-hours on Thursday marking a rise of 0.3% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 31.08% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 25.5% and 12.7%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 16,444 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1464 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)