Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 6.3% on Tueesday compared to the previous day, totaling 773,734 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,163 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 27,733 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 819,001 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 5.9% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 18.8% of total generation, while imported coal plants and natural gas plants contributed 16.4% and 14.3%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,123 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 6,306 megawatt-hours.