Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 10.3% on Sunday compared to the previous day to reach 677,329 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 20.00 local time with 33,252 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 24,943 megawatt-hours at 09.00 local time.
Electricity production reached 684,532 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a 10.7% decrease compared to the previous day.
While Turkey's electricity production from natural gas constituted 35.29% of total electricity consumption on Sunday, imported coal plants held a 26.13% share while lignite plants comprised 16.40%.
On Sunday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 11,979 megawatt-hours while imports reached 4,776 megawatt-hours.
By Busranur Begcecanli
Anadolu Agency
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