Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased around 14.6% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 929,069 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,052 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,206 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 935,009 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of 14.2% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal accounted for around 24.5% of total generation, while wind plants and natural gas plants contributed 17.3% and 15.2%, respectively.
On Moday, the country's electricity exports totaled 8,125 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 2,185 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com
