Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 14% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 829,551 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,171 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 26,032 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 820,940 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 14.17% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 19.4% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 18.6% and 15.7%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 4,158 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,765 megawatt-hours.
