Türkiye's daily power consumption down 0.8% on Jan. 18

- Electricity exports amount to 7,546 megawatt-hours and imports total 4,318 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.8% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 953,3739 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,359 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,824 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 956,612 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a fall of 0.7% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 21.7% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 21.3% and 19.1%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,546 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 4,318 megawatt-hours.

By Basak Erkalan

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr