Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 4.8% on April 11

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 4.8% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 934,761 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,151 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 33,388 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 940,654 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 4.6% compared to the previous day.

Electricity production from dam-based hydro plants accounted for around 33.9 % of total generation, solar and run-of-river energy plants contributed 12.6% and 11.4%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports totaled 8,720 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 3,006 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)