Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.6% on Aug. 14

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.6% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,162,976 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 56,992 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 37,488 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,159,254 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a rise of 0.7% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 27.1% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectricity plants contributed 20.6% and 12.9%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 14,429 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,302 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)