Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 0.59% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 886,917 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,038 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 29,460 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 877,709 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 0.43% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas constituted 28.6% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported coal contributed 15.9% and 14.3%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 3,584 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,792 megawatt-hours.