Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 5% on June 19

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 5% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 772,730 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 37,579 megawatt-hours at 10 p.m. local time (1900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 24,635 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 772,617 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a rise of 5.1% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 20.5% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 19.7% and 19.3%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 10,629 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 10,742 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)