Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 1.2% on Feb. 20

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.2% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 953,421 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,060 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,827 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 954,547 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a rise of 1% compared to Monday.

Electricity production from hydroelectricity power plant constituted 24.2% of total generation, while imported coal and natural gas plants contributed 24% and 14.7%, respectively.

On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,676 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 5,580 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation