Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 13.8% on April 22

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 13.8% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 857,490 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,983 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 27,722 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 857,224 megawatt-hours on Monday marking an increase of 13.7% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 22.8% of total generation, while imported coal and natural gas plants contributed 14.4% and 12.8%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,889 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 6,167 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)