Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 1.52% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 855,395 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,781 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 29,307 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 842,028 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 1.39% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas power plants constituted 26% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite power plants contributed 17.1% and 12%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,031 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,397 megawatt-hours.
