Turkey's daily power consumption down 5.45% on May 16

- Turkey's electricity exports amount to 4,498 megawatt-hours, while imports total 6,798 megawatt-hours

Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 5.45% to 671,646 megawatt-hours on Saturday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 20.00 local time with 32,863 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 22,845 megawatt-hours at 08.00 local time.

Total electricity production reached 669,346 megawatt-hours on Saturday with a 4.93% decrease compared to the previous day.

The majority of the output came from hydroelectricity plants at 177,706 megawatt-hours. Imported coal and run-of-river plants followed with 131,309 megawatt-hours and 119,753 megawatt-hours, respectively.

On Saturday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 4,498 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 6,798 megawatt-hours.

By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu

Anadolu Agency

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