Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 1% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 864,335 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,727 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 27,741 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 851,797 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 4.3% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 27.8% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 25.6% and 14.2%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,926 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,464 megawatt-hours.
