Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.22% on Jan.

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 0.22% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 941,538 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,852 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 30,734 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 923,351megawatt-hours on Thursday marking an increase of 0.39% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 32.1% of total generation, while imported coal plants and lignite plants contributed 26% and 13.6%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 9,112 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 27,041 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation