Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1.35% on Oct. 14

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 1.35% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 831,692 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,689 megawatt-hours at 12.00 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,729 megawatt-hours at 05.00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 812,301 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 1.68% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.7% of total generation, while natural gas plants and lignite power plants contributed 24.3% and 14.3%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 9,734 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 29,125 megawatt-hours.

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