Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 4.5% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,010,970 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 47,953 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 32,135 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,024,827 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 4.4% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.5% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind plants contributed 23.2% and 16.8%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,511 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 654 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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