Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 4.6% on March 11

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 4.6% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 823,811 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,886 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 29,362 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 811,120 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.5% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from wind plants constituted 26.3% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 21.4% and 12.3%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,686 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,377 megawatt-hours.

– Türkiye’s daily wind power generation hits all-time high on Saturday

The country produced 212,931 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity from wind farms on Saturday, ranking 1st among electricity generation sources.

The previous record was set on Jan. 18, when the country produced 210,466 MWh of electricity from wind.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation