Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 14% on Monday compared to the previous day to reach 897,410 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday at 10.00 local time.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 12.00 local time, reaching 44,338 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 28,520 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time.

Electricity production amounted to 900,741 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an 13.56% increase from Sunday.

Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 32.3% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants comprised 14.6%, while wind plants held a 13.5% share.

On Monday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 4,817 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 1,665 megawatt-hours.

By Nuran Erkul Kaya

Anadolu Agency

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