Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 0.3% on Nov. 29

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 0.3% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 954,140 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,426 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 30,792 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 942,905 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a drop of around 0.4% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.4% of total generation, while wind and hydroelectricity plants contributed 20.6% and 15.1%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,864 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,103 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)