Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 2.73% on May 11

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decline by 2.73% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 867,206 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,098 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 29,155 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 855,803 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 3.02% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from wind plants constituted 20.8% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and imported coal plants contributed 19.8% and 16.9%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,271 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,677 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)