Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 16% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 838,452 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,655 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 26,922 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 826,972 megawatt-hours on Monday marking a fall of 17.5% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal constituted 27.1% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 26.1% and 13.4%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,503 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,983 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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