Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 3.86% on Sept. 29

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 3.86% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 850,227 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,851 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,486 megawatt-hours at 05.00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 842,773 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 3.44% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 23.8% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.3% and 14.2%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,616 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,045 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye