Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by nearly 2.4% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 867,012 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,440 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 28,945 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 854,520 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 2.3% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 27.8% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 24.5% and 13.5%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,506 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,999 megawatt-hours.
