Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 1.26% on Feb. 21

by Anadolu Agency

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.26% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 965,502 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,196 megawatt-hours at 11 a.m. local time (0800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,104 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 965,479 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a rise of 1.14% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from imported coal constituted 24.5% of total generation, while hydroelectricity power plants and natural gas plants contributed 24.1% and 18.2%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,098 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 6,172 megawatt-hours.

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