Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 2.11% on Nov. 24

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 2.11% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 884,959 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,789 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,501 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 870,172 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 2.30% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26,4% of total generation, while natural gas and wind power plants contributed 20.8% and 12.8%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,662 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,448 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation