Türkiye’s daily power consumption down 5.57% on Sep. 2

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5.57% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 984,332 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,136 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 34,300 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 989,083 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 5.59% compared to Friday.

Electricity production from natural gas constituted 24.4% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 22% and 16.3%, respectively.

On Saturday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,848 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,097 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)