Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 8.6% on April 13

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 8.6% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 628,578 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 31,828 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 21,084 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 628,173 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking an increase of 7.8% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 25.3% of total generation, while wind and run-of-river hydroelectric plants contributed 19.8% and 13.5%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 3,340 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,748 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation