Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.8% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,043,705 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,013 megawatt-hours at 4 p.m. local time (1300 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,557 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,036,322 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 0.7% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas constituted 33.6% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectric plants contributed 22.6% and 11.9%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,962 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,151 megawatt-hours.
