Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased around 18% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,010,343 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,745 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,474 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,019,222 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 17.5% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 26.1% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 21.8% and 12.3%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports totaled 9,493 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 626 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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