Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 16.6% on Monday, compared to the previous day, totaling 985,265 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 47,700 megawatt-hours at 11 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,344 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 995,992 megawatt-hours on Tuesday marking an increase of 15.4% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21.8% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 19.7% and 18%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 11,471 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 747 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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