Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5.17% on Dec

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 5.17% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 834,710 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,273 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,365 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 823,876 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 7.04% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 27.9% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 17.4% and 14.7%, respectively.

On Saturay, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 9,310 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 20,143 megawatt-hours.

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