Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 0.6% on Aug. 28

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.6% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,087,245 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 52,666 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 35,481 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,088,929 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a decrease of 0.6% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.7% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 21.9% and 14.3%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 14,336 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,640 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)