Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 13.1% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 921,134 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,964 megawatt-hours at 5 p.m. local time (1400 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,107 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 909,319 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 13.3% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.5% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 19.6% and 16.1%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,432 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,251 megawatt-hours.
