Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 2.41% on Feb. 28

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 2.41% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 868,626 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,569 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 29,272 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 862,397 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 2.30% compared to Monday.

Electricity production from natural gas constituted 29.6% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 24.2% and 14%, respectively.

On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 8,205 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,435 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye
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