Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 23.8% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 875,546 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,886 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,610 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 876,341 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 24.8% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 22.5% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and natural gas plants contributed 20.4% and 16.5%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,378 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 5,237 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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