Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 4% on March 5

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 4% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 928,058 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,191 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 31,382 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 928,337 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 4% compared to Monday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 22% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and natural gas plants contributed 19% and 17.9%, respectively.

On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,601 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 4,324 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation