Türkiye's daily power consumption up 0.04% on Sept. 14

- Electricity exports amount to 5,730 megawatt-hours and imports total 14,573 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.04% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 943,497 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,135 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,258 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 934,661 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.30% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 27% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 24.5% and 12.5%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,730 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,573 megawatt-hours.

By Gokce Topbas

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr