Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 11.42% on March 27

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 11.42% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 810,268 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 37,908 megawatt-hours at 12 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,833 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 794,851 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 11.88% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported coal constituted 21.1% of total generation, while wind and lignite power plants contributed 16.1% and 13.5%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 3,882 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,124 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)