Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 1.9% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 880,510 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,529 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,697 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 864,420 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 2% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas constituted 21.2% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported coal plants contributed 16.1% and 14.9%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,909 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 22,000 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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