Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 16.6% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 871,124 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,916 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 27,178 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 854,433 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 17.12% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 30.7% of total generation, while imported coal plants and lignite contributed 23% and 13.3%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 7,617 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 23,952 megawatt-hours.
