Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 0.5% on Jan. 30

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 0.5% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,019,389 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,776 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 33,396 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,030,249 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of about 0.6% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 21.4% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed around 20% and 18.5%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports totaled 14,058 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 3,199 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)