Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 6.7% to 685.996 megawatt-hours on Monday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 19.00 local time with 33,195 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest daily point of 23,428 megawatt-hours at 08.00 local time.
Electricity production totaled 691,112 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a 7.32% increase compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from coal imports totaling 174,191 megawatt-hours. Hydroelectric and natural gas plants followed with 147,381 megawatt-hours and 136,663 megawatt-hours, respectively.
On Monday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 8,262 megawatt-hours, while imports reached 3,146 megawatt-hours.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya
Anadolu Agency
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