Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 12.6% on Sunday compared to the previous day, reaching 775,601 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 35,512 megawatt-hours at 22.00 local time, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 27,103 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time.
Electricity production amounted to 781,167 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a 9.29% decrease from Saturday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 35.5% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants comprised 16%, while lignite plants held a 14.1% share.
On Sunday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 12,661 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 7,196 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Kucuk Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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