Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 14.3% on August 5

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 14.3% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,113,911 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 55,073 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 34,532 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,115,000 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 14.5% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.9% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectricity plants contributed 21.6% and 13.4%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 13,951 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,727 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)