Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 17.8% on July 8

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 17.8% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,097,468 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 53,969 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,717 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,094,921 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 18.9% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 20.6% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 18.1% and 15.9%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 7,322 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 9,732 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS)