Turkey's daily power consumption down 4.27% on Feb.8

- Turkey's electricity exports total 8,859 megawatt-hours, while imports amount to 10,417 megawatt-hours on Saturday

Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 4.27% to 846,453 megawatt-hours on Saturday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 20.00 local time with 39,688 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest point of 29,049 megawatt-hours at 06.00.

Total electricity production reached 844,895 megawatt-hours on Saturday with a 4.32% decrease compared to the previous day.

The majority of the output came from hydroelectricity plants at 215,040 megawatt-hours. Imported coal and natural gas plants followed with 166,603 megawatt-hours and 124,987 megawatt-hours, respectively.

On Saturday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 8,859 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 10,417 megawatt-hours.

By Murat Temizer

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr