Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 2.24% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 867,510 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,551 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 29,478 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 854,232 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a decrease of 2% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 22.4% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 21.5% and 13%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,737 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,015 megawatt-hours.
