Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 1.49% on Tuesday compared to the previous day to reach 912,631 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday at 10.00 local time.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 12.00 local time, reaching 43,824 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 30,361 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time.

Electricity production amounted to 918,567 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a 1.92% increase from Monday.

While Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 28.79% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants held a 19.90% share, while wind energy power plants comprised 18.51%.

On Tuesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 2,943 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 8,402 megawatt-hours.

By Gokce Kucuk Topbas

Anadolu Agency

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