Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 10.2% on Sunday compared to the previous day to reach 729,254 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 20.00 local time with 35,664 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 26,328 megawatt-hours at 08.00 local time.
Electricity production reached 729,953 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a 10.3% decrease compared to the previous day.
While Turkey's electricity production from natural gas constituted 30.92% of total electricity consumption on Sunday, imported coal plants held a 23.27% share while lignite plants comprised 15.72%.
On Sunday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 6,577 megawatt-hours while imports reached 5,879 megawatt-hours.
By Busranur Begcecanli
Anadolu Agency
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