Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 11% on Feb. 11

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 11.4% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 767,527 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 36,963 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,391 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 767,527 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of 11.7% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported wind plants constituted 26.7% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported coal contributed 18% and 17.9%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,099 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 396 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye