Turkiye's daily wind power generation hits all time high on Saturday

More than 25% of total electricity was generated from wind energy sources on Saturday

Turkiye's wind electricity generation hit all-time record on Saturday, generating 25.42% of total power, according to data from Turkiye's Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday. The country produced 203,069 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity from wind farms on Saturday, according to data provided by TEIAS. The latest record was on April 1 when the country produced 189,258 MWh of electricity from wind farms. Wind plants were followed by lignite and hydroelectricity plants with 17% and 11.58% contribution to electricity production, respectively. Meanwhile, daily electricity production amounted to 798,857 megawatt-hours on Saturday, while daily electricity consumption in the country totaled 801,248 megawatt-hours on Saturday. Hourly power consumption peaked at 36,188 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,997 megawatt-hours at 08.00 local time (0500 GMT). On Saturday, Turkiye's electricity exports amounted to 9,757 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,149 megawatt-hours.