Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 2.5% on July 30

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 2.5% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,138,368 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 54,921 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 36,821 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,143,785 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 2.5% compared to Monday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 22% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind plants contributed 21% and 16.2%, respectively.

On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 13,880 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 7,963 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation