Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 3.3% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1.03 million megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,153 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,160 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1.02 million megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 3.24% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas power plants constituted 33.8% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydropower plants contributed 20.5% and 16.1%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 8,153 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,917 megawatt-hours.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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