Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 1.7% on Sep. 6

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.7% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,022,994 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,786 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,211 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,011,890 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 1.7% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.2% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 23.4% and 13%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,281 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,384 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye