Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 1% on March 2

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 875,327 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,441 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,373 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 865,983 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a increase of 1.11% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural gas constituted 30.6% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.1% and 12.1%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,925 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,269 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye