Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 14% on Oct. 16

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 14% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 838,098 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,403 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,657 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 825,904 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 14.6% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported coal constituted 26.6% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 18.8% and 14.5%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,390 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,585 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation