Turkey’s daily electricity consumption increased by 0.68% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,054,815 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,440 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 35,814 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,063,815 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a 0.72% rise from Tuesday.
Turkey’s electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 39.5% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants contributed 18.4% while hydroelectricity plants comprised 12.4%.
On Wednesday, Turkey’s electricity exports amounted to 15,825 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 6,968 megawatt-hours.
Source:Anadolu Agency