Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 15.8% on Oct. 10

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 15.8% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 826,097 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,822 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,426 megawatt-hours at 05.00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 815,536 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 16.3% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.6% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite power plants contributed 24.1% and 14.4%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 8,019 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,580 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye