Turkey's Daily Power Consumption Up 2.94% on Feb. 22

Turkeys Daily Power Consumption Up 2.94% on Feb. 22
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Τετ, 23 Φεβρουαρίου 2022 - 18:21

Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye increased by 2.94% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 911,015 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday

Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,820 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,751 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time (0300 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 909,641 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 3.04% compared to Monday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.4% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants contributed 19.7% and wind lignite plants comprised 13.3%.

On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 13,946 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,327 megawatt-hours.

(Anadolu Agency, February 23, 2022)