Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 17.14% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 753,776 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,813 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 27,817 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 865,148 megawatt-hours on Monday marking a decrease of 14.7% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 30.8% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 25.9% and 14.3% respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,928 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 25,781 megawatt-hours.
By Sibel Morrow
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
