Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.1% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,053,610 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 51,876 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 34,130 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,052,169 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a rise of 1.2% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.4% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 23% and 13.5%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 15,449 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,890 megawatt-hours.
