Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 4.3% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1.05 million megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,986 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 35,020 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1.04 million megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 4.3% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 30% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectricity plants contributed 20.7% and 11.9%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,812 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,772 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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