Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 13.8% on Sept. 25

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 13.8% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 934,435 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,673 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 29,941 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 921,762 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 13.5% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.1% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 23.8% and 12.3%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,872 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,545 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)