Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 1.46% to 889,431 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 19.00 local time with 42,163 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest point of 29,738 megawatt-hours at 05.00.
Total electricity production reached 894,719 megawatt-hours on Tuesday with a 1.6% increase compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from natural gas plants at 242,151 megawatt-hours.
Imported coal plants and hydroelectricity plants followed with 201,979 megawatt-hours and 149,434 megawatt-hours, respectively.
On Tuesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 8,457 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 3,169 megawatt-hours.
By Busranur Begcecanli
Anadolu Agency
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