Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 14.7% on Dec.18

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 14.7% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 902,941 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,751 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,421 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 890,855 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 15% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 22.2% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and natural gas plants contributed 21.4% and 17% respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,022 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,348 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)