Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased around 3.4% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 959,537 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,416 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,917 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 967,518 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a rise of 3.6% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas accounted for around 29.7% of total generation, while imported coal and hydro power plants contributed 25% and 10.9%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports totaled 8,310 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 386 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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