Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 14.7% on Oct. 24

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 14.7% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 807,367 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

TEIAS data showed that hourly power consumption peaked at 38,813 megawatt-hours at 12.00 a.m. local time (0900 GMT) and the country’s electricity consumption fell to 25,819 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 796,138 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 15.5% compared to Sunday.

Imported coal plants contributed 29.4% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite power plants contributed 21.5% and 14.2%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 16,554 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 27,783 megawatt-hours.

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