Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 17.7% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 720,227 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,539 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,305 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 841,506 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 17.6% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants contributed 24.3% of total generation, while hydropower plants and import coal represented 15.5% and 15%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,621 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 11,092 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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