Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 15.1% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 956,817 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,192 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,631 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 969,189 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 15.3% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 18.8% of total generation, while natural gas plants and wind plants contributed 17.7% and 15.4%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 13,973 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,603 megawatt-hours.
