Türkiye's daily power consumption up 2.4% up

By Fuat Kabakci

ANKARA (AA) - The daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 2.4% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 693,246 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

The hourly power consumption peaked at 34,001 megawatt-hours at 10 p.m. local time (1900GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 22,576 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 697,139 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking an increase of 2.9% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.1% of total generation, while hydroelectric plants and wind plants contributed 21.3% and 11.1%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,864 megawatt-hours and its imports totaled 1,971 megawatt-hours.