Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 5.6% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 855,686 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,949 megawatt-hours at 3 a.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,713 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 841,981 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 3.91% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from imported coal constituted 20.4% of total generation, while wind and lignite power plants contributed 17.7% and 13.3%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,743 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,280 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr