Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by nearly 15.9% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 846,145 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 341,639 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 26,566 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 835,278 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 13.55 % compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 27.8% of total generation, while natural and lignite plants contributed 17.8% and 14.5%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,958 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,859 megawatt-hours.
