Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 13.25% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,035,515 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,848 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 32,923 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,045,866 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a 13.44% increase from Sunday.

Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 38.5% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants contributed 15.7% while hydropower plants comprised 12,3%.

On Monday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 13,930 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 3,831 megawatt-hours.

By Gokce Kucuk Topbas

Anadolu Agency

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