Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 16% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 895,484 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,760 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,993 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 897,529 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 16% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported wind plants constituted 22% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported coal contributed 21.4% and 21.2%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,066 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 4,065 megawatt-hours.