Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 1.03% on Feb. 1

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.03% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 962,976 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 47,425 megawatt-hours at 12 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,464 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 944,017 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 1.23% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 32.9% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.8% and 14.5%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,437 megawatt-hours and imports 25,258 totaled megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation