Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 2.25% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 938,172 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,308 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,857 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 917,803 megawatt-hours on Tuesday marking an increase of 2.57% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.1% of total generation, while wind power plants and natural gas plants contributed 20% and 18.4%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 8,498 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 28,370 megawatt-hours.
