Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 0.6% on Sept. 27

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 0.6% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 950,506 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,166 megawatt-hours at 5 p.m. local time (1400 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,178 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 939,043 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a decrease of 0.5% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.7% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 23.7% and 12%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,810 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,274 megawatt-hours.

• Electricity
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• Turkiye