Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 10.4%

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 10.4% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 760,691 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 35,549 megawatt-hours at 20.00 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,060 megawatt-hours at 08.00 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 753,300 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking an decrease of 11.4% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.6% of total generation, while lignite and wind plants contributed 17.1% and 16%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,404 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,794 megawatt-hours.

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