Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 0.4% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 916,680 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,242 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 33,523 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 929,636 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 0.5% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21.5% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 16.2% and 12.9%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 13,680 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 715 megawatt-hours.
