Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 14.20% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 897,515 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,199 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,752 megawatt-hours at 06.00 local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 892,740 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 14.28% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 22.6% of total generation, while hydro power and imported coal power plants contributed 19.4% and 13.4%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,754 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,529 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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