Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 2.79% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 953,093 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,742 megawatt-hours at 12 a.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,193 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 932,469 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 2.69% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 35.95% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.89% and 14.29%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,628 megawatt-hours and imports 27,253 totaled megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
