Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 3.22% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 865,466 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,689 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 29,413 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 854,140 megawatt-hours on Tuesday marking a fall of 3.28% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas constituted 30.8% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 24.5% and 12.7%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,494 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,821 megawatt-hours.
