Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.20% on Oct. 20

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 0.20% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 840,761 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

According to TEIAS data, hourly power consumption peaked at 39,781 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT). The country’s electricity consumption fell to a record low of 28,547 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 822,774 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.18% compared to Wednesday.

Coal plants contributed 28.5% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite power plants contributed 17% and 15.9%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 13,030 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 31,017 megawatt-hours.

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