Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 0.14% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 963,189 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,465 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,559 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 953,215 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 0.13% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 21.4% of total generation, while wind power plants and imported coal power plants contributed 20.6% and 19.3%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,977 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,951 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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