Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 1.36% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 937,037 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,308 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 32,437 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 946,324 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a 1.30% increase from Monday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 39.8% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants contributed 15.5% while lignite plants comprised 13.8%.
On Tuesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 14,966 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 5,893 megawatt-hours.
By Busranur Begcecanli
Anadolu Agency
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