Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 3% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,036,367 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,002 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 33,592 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,044,527 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 2.9% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 26.3% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 23% and 13.3%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports totaled 14,240 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 6,079 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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