Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 12.1% on Sept. 30

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 12.1% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 893,441 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,907 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 27,696 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT)

Electricity production amounted to 898,478 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 11.5% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.3% of total generation, while hydropower and lignite plants contributed 17.2% and 13.6%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 11,771 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 6,798 megawatt-hours.

• Electricity exports
• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)