Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 4.5% Aug. 23

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 4.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,081,298 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,298 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 37,023 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,097,735 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 4.3% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for 29.6% of total generation, while imported coal and solar plants contributed 22.1% and 12.1%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports totaled 21,110 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 4,673 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)