Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 16% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 833,771 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,005 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,274 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 816,489 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a decrease of 14.4% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.2% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 18.2% and 14%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 3,507 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 20,789 megawatt-hours.
