Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased around 1.41% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 911,765 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,921 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,993 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 915,491 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a rise of about 1.41% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 34.9% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 25.7% and 11.4%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports totaled 8,096 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 4,374 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com