Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased around 3% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,000,121 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,677 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 35,047 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,019,026 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking a rise of about 3.1% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for 23.7% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 22.8% and 19.2%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports totaled 20,812 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 3,352 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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