Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 4.4% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 951,456 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,141 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,903 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 957,878 megawatt-hours on Tuesday marking a rise of 4.4% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 22.4% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported coal plants contributed 16.1% and 14.7%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 12,072 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 5,651 megawatt-hours.
