Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.4% on Jan. 4

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.4% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 914,834 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,561 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,262 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 917,857 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.4% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.4% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and wind plants contributed 19.6% and 15.1%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,052 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,115 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)