Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 8.2% on Feb. 14

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 8.2% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 925,584 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,547 megawatt-hours at 11 a.m. local time (0800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,173 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 932,537 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of 8.1% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from run-of-river hydroelectric plants accounted for around 23.7% of total generation, while coal plants and wind energy plants contributed 20.9% and 12.7%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports totaled 10,082 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 3,125 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)