Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 4.2% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 891,801 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,694 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 30,554 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 877,498 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 4.2% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from imported coal constituted 18.6% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity power plants contributed 16.5% and 14.5%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,199 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,326 megawatt-hours.
