Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 16.1% on Jan.

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 16.1% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 913,369 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,107 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 28,315 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 891,067 megawatt-hours on Monday marking an increase of 17% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29.5% of total generation, while imported coal plants and lignite plants contributed 26.9% and 13.7%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 8,462 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 29,815 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation