Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.17% on Jan. 26

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.17% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,001,131 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,585 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 32,476 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,001,653 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a rise of 0.18% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 24.7% of total generation, while imported coal and natural gas plants contributed 21.4% and 19%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,349 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 5,862 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)