Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 6% on Jan. 21

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 6% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 844,948 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,300 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 30,043 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 822,314 megawatt-hours on Saturday marking a decrease of 6% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.7% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 16.7% and 15.4% respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,794 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 27,429 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation