Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.7% on Oct. 2

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased around 0.7% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 920,500 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,724 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,405 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 920,070 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a rise of about 0.7% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 24.4% of total generation, while natural gas and solar plants contributed 17.2% and 13.2%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports totaled 6,750 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 8,570 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)