Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 2.15% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, reaching 866,272 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,073 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 29,037 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time.
Electricity production amounted to 868,189 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a 2.11% increase from Monday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 38.4% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants comprised 14.6%, while lignite plants held a 14.5% share.
On Tuesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 8,831 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 7,073 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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