Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 5% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 923,836 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,670 megawatt-hours at 11 p.m. local time (0800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,886 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 939,691 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 5% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.2% of total generation, while natural gas plants and hydropower plants contributed 24.1% and 13.3%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 16,050 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 195 megawatt-hours.
