Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 2.4% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 867,897 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,522 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,554 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 856,948 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 2.5% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from imported coal constituted 25.5% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 22.3% and 13.8%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,844 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,793 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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