Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5.5% on Aug. 26

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye declined by 5.5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,039,911 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 47,757 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 35,958 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,032,737 megawatt-hours on Saturday marking a decrease of 5.6% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from imported natural gas plants constituted 27.5% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind power plants contributed 22.6% and 12.6% respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,666 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,839 megawatt-hours.

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