Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 13.1% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 984,074 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,632 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,659 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 973,140 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 11.4% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.15% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 24.14% and 12.8%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,390 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,325 megawatt-hours.
