Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5.21% on Jan. 28

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 5.21% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 871,710 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,195 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 30,210 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 847,825 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 5.67% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.9% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 25.3% and 16.1%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 8,252 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 31,997 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation