Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1.1% on Sept. 14

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 1.1% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 922,029 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,385 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,519 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 910,772 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a decrease of 1.1% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 31.9% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 22.1% and 13.4%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 9,126 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 20,383 megawatt-hours.

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