Turkey's daily power consumption down 5.68% for Sept. 7

- Turkey's electricity exports total 6,516 megawatt-hours while imports amount to 3,306 megawatt-hours on Saturday

Daily electricity consumption fell by 5,68% to 827,000 megawatt-hours on Saturday in Turkey, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 21.00 local time with 38,303 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest point of 29,435 megawatt-hours at 07.00.

Total electricity production reached 827,000 megawatt-hours on Saturday, with a 5,68% drop compared to the previous day.

The majority of output came from imported coal plants totaling 208,833 megawatt-hours.

Hydraulic power plants and natural gas plants followed with 182,420 megawatt-hours and 161,951 megawatt-hours, respectively.

Also on Saturday, Turkey’s electricity exports amounted to 6,516 megawatt-hours while imports totaled 3,306 megawatt-hours.

By Muhsin Baris Tiryakioglu

Anadolu Agency

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