Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 1.5% on March 21

by Anadolu Agency

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 1.5% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,000,524 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,996 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 35,385 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,009,664 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of 1.7% compared to Thursday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 22% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 19.3% and 13.4%, respectively.

On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 12,747 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,607 megawatt-hours.

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