Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 2.5% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 883,480 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,963 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 29,987 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)
Electricity production amounted to 898,538 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a rise of 2.6% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.8% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 21.3% and 13.2%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 16,373 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,247 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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