Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.72% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 924,704 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,487 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,685 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 901,120 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 1.83% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas energy plants constituted 27.6% of total generation, while imported coal plants and lignite plants contributed 17.4% and 14.4%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 8,040 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,056 megawatt-hours.
Source: Anadolu Agency