Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increase by 11% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,035,475 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,300 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 33,413 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,028,738 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 11% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas constituted 31.6% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectric plants contributed 22.8% and 11.5%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,882 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,619 megawatt-hours.
