Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased around 3.1% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 903,724 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,115 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 30,697 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 901,153 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a rise of about 3.01% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 27.1% of total generation, while imported coal and solar plants contributed 25.6% and 13.3%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports totaled 6,726 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 9,504 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
