Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 17% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 912,798 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,950 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,170 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 924,546 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 16.7% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.8% of total generation, while natural gas and solar plants contributed 23% and 11.3%, respectively.
On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 13,241 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,494 megawatt-hours.
