Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 17.2% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,041,604 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,677 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 32,047 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,055,363 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 16.5% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 27.4% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 23% and 17.2%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,393 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 448 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
