Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 11.6% on Sep. 3

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 11.6% on Sunday compared to the previous day, totaling 870,043 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,632 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,659 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 873,410 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a decrease of 11.7% compared to Saturday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 22.6% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 21.1% and 15.6%, respectively.

On Sunday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,927 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,560 megawatt-hours.

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