Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 12.8% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 887,140 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,215 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 28,780 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 904,128 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a rise of 12.5% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.2% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 16.1% and 15.2%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 17,163 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 176 megawatt-hours.
