Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 4.7% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,042,798 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 51,031 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 32,910 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,032,687 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 4.4% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.4% of total generation, while imported coal plants and natural hydroelectricity plants contributed 19% and 17.2%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,714 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,837 megawatt-hours.
