Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased around 4.5% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 965,128 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,816 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,577 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 959,195 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a rise of about 4.7% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 27,5% of total generation, while imported coal and solar plants contributed 24.2% and 13.6%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports totaled 5,892 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 11,825 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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