Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 2.79% on March 22

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 2.79% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 885,809 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,560 megawatt-hours at 12.00 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,707 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 873,027 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 2.60% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.3% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity power plants contributed 21.6% and 14%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,076 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,858 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)