Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 20.7% to 824,444 megawatt-hours on Monday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 15.00 local time with 39,575 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 25,929 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time.

Total electricity production reached 823,839 megawatt-hours on Sunday with a 21.2% increase compared to the previous day.

The majority of the output came from hydroelectricity at 207,874 megawatt-hours. Imported coal and wind plants followed with 155,658 megawatt-hours and 124,358 megawatt-hours, respectively.

On Monday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 5,510 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 4,905 megawatt-hours.

By Sibel Morrow, Gokce Topbas

energy@aa.com.tr

Anadolu Agency