Electricity consumption rose 8.6 percent

Turkey's electricity consumption rose 8.6 percent, to 21.4 billion kilowatt-hours, last month compared with January 2011, the government's power transmission company said.

21.4 BILLION KWH UP FROM 19.5 BILLION KWH
Power generation was 21.4 billion kwh, up from 19.5 billion kwh, the company said on its website today. Turkey consumed 229.3 billion kwh of power in 2011, 9 percent more than in the previous year; it produced 228.4 billion kwh, up 8.1 percent, the company said.

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