Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 3.7% on Sept. 17

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 3.7% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 896,184 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,820 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,659 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 882,508 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking an decrease of 3.9% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 27.6% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 22.9% and 14.8%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 10,935 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 24,611 megawatt-hours.

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