Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 18.3% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 875,976 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,366 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 26,849 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 863,853 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 18.9% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from wind plants constituted 22.5% of total generation, while imported coal and natural gas plants contributed 19.9% and 16.4%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,300 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,525 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr