Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.7% on April 19

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.7% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 870,107 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,033 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 29,587 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 867,944 megawatt-hours on Friday marking an increase of 0.2% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 21.5% of total generation, while imported coal and natural gas plants contributed 14.3% and 13.9%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,679 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 6,842 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)