Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 2.6% on Oct. 17

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 2.6% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 859,776 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,462 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,319 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 848,804 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a rise of 2.8% compared to Monday.

Electricity production from imported coal constituted 26% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 20.4% and 14.3%, respectively.

On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,009 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,980 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation