Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 12.5% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 972,954 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,103 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 29,868 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 989,040 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 11.8% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.6% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydropower plants contributed 24.2% and 12.9%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 16,721 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 635 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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