Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 9% on Aug. 11

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 9% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 977,895 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,139 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,648 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 972,358 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a fall of 9,4% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 20.7% of total generation, while wind plants and natural gas plants contributed 19.7% and 14.6%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 12,504 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,973 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)