Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 11.7% on March 11

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 11.7% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 896,916 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,554 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,105 megawatt-hours at 3 a.m. local time (0000 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 893,713 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 12.1% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.3% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 16.7% and 16.1%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,202 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 7,418 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation