Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 16% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 936,174 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,113 megawatt-hours at 10 a.m. local time (0700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,278 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 943,229 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 15.7% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from wind plants accounted for around 22.1% of total generation, while hydroelectric plants and imported coal contributed 20.4% and 16.1%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports totaled 9,120 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 2,336 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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