Türkiye's daily power consumption down 1.5% on Sept. 18

- Electricity exports amount to 5,826 megawatt-hours and imports total 12,152 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 1.5% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,003,040 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,529 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,427 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 996,731 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a fall of about 1.8% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 23.3% of total generation, while wind plants and natural gas plants contributed 21.2% and 17.5%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country's electricity exports totaled 5,826 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 12,152 megawatt-hours.

By Handan Kazanci

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr