Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 16.3% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 965,804 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,496 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,684 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 961,886 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 15.8% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.5% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and natural gas plants contributed 19% and 14.8%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,337 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 10,277 megawatt-hours.
