Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.93% on Dec. 8

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 0.93% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 944,140 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,619 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 30,905 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 933,499 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a rise of around 0.89% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.9% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 23.7% and 18.2%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,764 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,384 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)