Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 4% on Feb. 21

by Anadolu Agency

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 4% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,044,829 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,907 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 34,498 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,057,620 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of 2% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 23.9% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 22.6% and 17.8%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 13,181 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 391 megawatt-hours.

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