Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 0.01% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 856,772 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,208 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 28,968 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 854,546 megawatt-hours on Wednesday marking an increase of 0.48% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.5% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 25.2% and 14.1%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,380 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 8,607 megawatt-hours.