Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 2.62% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 856,873 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,520 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,140 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 850,449 megawatt-hours on Tuesday marking an increase of 3.26% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 30% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 24.1% and 14.1%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,462 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,064 megawatt-hours.
