Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 21.1% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 930,778 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,295 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,831 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 920,404 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a rise of around 3.3% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.8% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 25.3% and 15.3%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,461 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,836 megawatt-hours.
