Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 3.9% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 881,678 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,822 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,119 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 873,883 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 3.8% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas constituted 27.9% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and lignite plants contributed 15.8% and 14.4%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,105 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,899 megawatt-hours.
