Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 3.8% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,049,063 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 51,190 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,313 megawatt-hours at 3 a.m. local time (0000 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,062,559 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 3.7% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.3% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind plants contributed 22.4% and 19.5%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 14,468 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 972 megawatt-hours.
