Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 3.2% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 896,604 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,580 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 29,948 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)
Electricity production amounted to 910,302 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a rise of 3.5% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.9% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 22.8% and 16.3%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 16,034 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 2,352 megawatt-hours.
