Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 11.3% on Feb. 19

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 11.3% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 746,089 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 34,953 megawatt-hours at 10 p.m. local time (1900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,520 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 729,509 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 11.5% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25% of total generation, while wind plants and lignite contributed 18.7% and 14.4%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 9,993 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 26,573 megawatt-hours.

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