Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.9% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 982,811 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,859 megawatt-hours at 3.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,247 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 973,143 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 0.74% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas power plants constituted 17.9% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind contributed 17.8% and 16.4%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,759 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,148 megawatt-hours.
Source: Anadolu Agency