Electricity consumption of the industrial sector exceeded 1.7 million terajoules

Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK) announced the final energy consumption statistics of the industrial sector for 2025.

Accordingly, 1 million 722 thousand 856 terajoules of energy were consumed in the industrial sector in 2025. In terms of sub-sectors, the largest share in consumption was taken by the "manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products" sector with 29.7 percent.

This sector was followed by "basic metal industry" with 23.6 percent, "food products manufacturing" with 9.1 percent and "textile products manufacturing" with 7.1 percent.

The share of the "manufacture of chemicals and chemical products" sector in final energy consumption was 6.5 percent, while the share of the "construction" sector was determined as 5.1 percent.

Electricity was the most consumed energy source with 504 thousand 637 terajoules.

When the shares of energy resources in the industrial sector are examined, electricity with 29.3 percent, natural gas with 23.9 percent, solid fossil fuels with 22.9 percent and petroleum products with 14.1 percent were recorded as the most consumed energy resources.

The most consumed energy source in the "manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products" sector, where energy consumption is the most intense among sub-sectors, was petroleum products with 31.2 percent. This was followed by solid fossil fuels with 29.4 percent, natural gas with 17.6 percent and electricity with 12.9 percent.

Source: TRT Haber Ekonomi RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)