Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 0.9% on Dec. 17

by Anadolu Agency

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.9% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,025,792 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,334 megawatt-hours at 10 a.m. local time (0700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,172 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,041,217 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 0.8% compared to Monday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 31.7% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 22.2% and 12.1%, respectively.

On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 16,020 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 597 megawatt-hours.

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