How Much Did Permanent Daylight Savings Save?

In Turkey in 2016 summer time-winter time was ended and permanent daylight saving time began. This practice has been the subject of frequent controversy ever since.

Finally, CHP Ankara Deputy Aliye Timisi ErseverThe answer to the written parliamentary question regarding the permanent summer time application came from the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar.

10 billion kilowatt-hours saved in 7 years

Minister Bayraktar, As a result of the analyzes made by Istanbul Technical University While stating that the fixed hour application was implemented, he stated that the peak consumption value, which occurred at 17.00 before the application started, distributed towards the following hours after the fixed hour application. The Minister stated that in this way, great economic and environmental benefits were achieved. Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparslan Bayraktarused the following statements in his response:

“Since the implementation started in October 2016, 10 billion kWh of energy has been saved, and the monetary equivalent of this consumption is in the single-time tariff in residences. 8.48 billion lira, in three-time tariff 15.48 billion is lira. In our country’s education system, single education takes place between 09.00-15.00, and double education takes place between 07.00-18.30. The number of students who attend dual education between 07.00-09.00 and are affected by the fixed time application corresponds to approximately 20 percent of the total number of students. However, regarding the fixed time application, the European Parliament On March 26, 2019 “With the accepted proposal, it recommended that member countries switch to a single hour practice.”

The savings we have achieved in the 7-year period since the implementation started has reached 10 billion kilowatt-hours. According to the 2022 electricity consumption data announced by the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, Turkey spent 331.1 Terawatt hours of energy in 2022. So our annual consumption is 311 billion 100 million kilowatt-hours is happening. Based on this, we can say that our total savings after 7 years of application is 3.21% of our annual energy consumption. And this When we divide it by 7 years an annual rate of 0.46% It corresponds.