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Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 4.2% on Aug. 27

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 4.2% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 957,961 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,646 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 32,949 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 948,145 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.8% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas power plants constituted 35.8% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectricity power plants contributed 17.4% and 16.1%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,732 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,548 megawatt-hours.

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