Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 2.18% to 776,505 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 20.00 local time with 37,195 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest daily point of 27,015 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time.
Electricity production totaled 783,572 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a 2.86% increase compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from imported coal plants totaling 203,121 megawatt-hours. Natural gas and hydroelectricity followed with 200,557 megawatt-hours and 146,754 megawatt-hours, respectively.
Also on Tuesday, Turkey’s electricity exports amounted to 9,495 megawatt-hours, while imports reached 2,428 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Kucuk
Anadolu Agency
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