Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 18.1% on Dec

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 18.1% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 890,629 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,235 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 27,311 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 878,840 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 18.4% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.6% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 20.7% and 16.1%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 7,622 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,414 megawatt-hours.

• Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye