Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye increased by 4.10% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 861,240 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,518 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,780 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 858,774 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 4.10% compared to Monday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 23.4% of total generation, while hydro power and imported coal plants contributed 20.4% and 14%, respectively.

On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 11,565 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 14,029 megawatt-hours.

By Zeynep Beyza Kilic

Anadolu Agency

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