Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.6% on Oct. 16

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.6% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 889,215 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,054 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 30,088 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)

Electricity production amounted to 897,467 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a decrease of 0.1% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.1% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 16.3% and 15%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 13,352 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 5,119 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)