Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 16.5% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 830,862 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
TEIAS data showed that hourly power consumption peaked at 40,120 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT) and the country's electricity consumption fell to 26,119 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 815,270 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 16.5% compared to Sunday.
Natural gas and lignite power plants contributed 19.2% and 13.9%, respectively, to total generation, while imported coal plants supplied 28.9%.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 8,265 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 23,857 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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