Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1.20% on Sept. 8

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1.20% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,014,860 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,221 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 34,234 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,001,414 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking an decrease of 1.40% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.1% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 19.5% and 17.4%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,843 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,289 megawatt-hours.

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