Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5.38% on Feb. 11

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.38% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 847,589 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,772 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 29,172 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 833,393 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 5.58% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29.7% of total generation, while imported coal plants and lignite plants contributed 24% and 12.8%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 9,171 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 23,366 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation