Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 1.74% on Mar.1

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.74% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 918,434 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,710 megawatt-hours at 12 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,158 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 917,815 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a rise of 1.76% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.6% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and natural gas plants contributed 22.7% and 14.3%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,134 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 6,758 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation