Türkiye’s daily power consumption up 18.18% on Jan. 30

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 18.18% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 927,169 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,286 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 28,341 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 908,023 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 19.72% compared to Sunday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 34.1% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.8% and 14.2%, respectively.

On Monday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,600 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 25,746 megawatt-hours.

• Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation