Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 1.1% on Feb. 9

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.1% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 902,193 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,797 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 29,427 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 888,469 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 1.04% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 28.7% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind plants contributed 22.4% and 14.5%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,930 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 20,655 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation