Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 3.08% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 884,014 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,616 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 30,334 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 889,950 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a 3.07% increase from Monday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 35.3% of total electricity consumption, wind plants contributed 13.7% while imported coal plants comprised 13.3%.
On Tuesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 15,737 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 9,967 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr