Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 4.1% on Feb. 4

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.1% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 914,515 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,182 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 31,135 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 895,042 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 30.2% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 24.7% and 15.1%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 7,570 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 25,448 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation