Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 12.1% on Sept. 5

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 12.1% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 961,800 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,988 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,975 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 951,935 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 12.3% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 20.3% of total generation, while wind power plants and imported coal power plants contributed 19.6% and 19.5%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 8,546 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,411 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye