Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 1.8% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 941,985 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,560 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,909 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 950,641 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a increase of about 1.8 % compared to the previous day.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 22.9% of total generation, while dam-based hydro and solar contributed 19.6% and 15.1%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports totaled 10,357 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 1,498 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
