Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 13.3% on March 6

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 13.3% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 854,834 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,689 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,993 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 844,703 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 13.8% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.6% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 24.2% and 13.3%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,834 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,966 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye