Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5.04% on Oct. 8

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 5.04% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 815,761 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,900 megawatt-hours at 12.00 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,972 megawatt-hours at 7.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 804,371 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 5.8% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 22.6% of total generation, while imported coal and wind power plants contributed 21.3% and 15.4%, respectively.

On Friday the country’s electricity exports amounted to 7,765 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,155 megawatt-hours.

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• Electricity production amounted to 804
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