Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 14.9% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 885,824 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,411 megawatt-hours at 5 p.m. local time (1400 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,808 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 867,189 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 14.7% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 19.8% of total generation, while wind and lignite plants contributed 17.9% and 13.6%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,735 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 9,979 megawatt-hours.
