Turkey's daily power consumption down 7.80 % on May 31

- Turkey's electricity exports amount to 4,589 megawatt-hours, while imports total 10,247 megawatt-hours

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Turkey's daily power consumption down 7.80 % on May 31

Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased 7.80% to 575,820 megawatt-hours on Sunday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 21.00 local time with 28,633 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 19,986 megawatt-hours at 08.00 local time.


Total electricity production reached 570,163 megawatt-hours on Sunday with an 7.6% decrease compared to the previous day.


The majority of the output came from hydroelectricity plants at 155,850 megawatt-hours. Imported coal and run-of-river plants followed with 101,402 megawatt-hours and 91,432 megawatt-hours, respectively.


On Sunday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 4,589 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 10,247 megawatt-hours.

By Gokce Kucuk Topbas

Anadolu Agency

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