Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 8.2% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 874,321 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,292 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,194 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 853,437 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decline of 8.2% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and wind plants contributed 21.1% and 14.6% respectively.
On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,692 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 23,079 megawatt-hours.