Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 3.06% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 973,987 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,638 megawatt-hours at 3.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,866 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 965,964 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 3.17% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas power plants constituted 21.2% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind contributed 18.3% and 15.2%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,443 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 13,466 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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