Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 3% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 998,844 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,445 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 32,480 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,014,216 megawatt-hours on Tuesday marking an increase of 2.8% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 31.8% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 22% and 11.1%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 16,448 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,078 megawatt-hours.
