Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 3.12% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 932,002 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,168 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 31,024 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 946,815 megawatt-hours on Tuesday marking a rise of 3.07% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 24.5% of total generation, while wind energy and natural gas plants contributed 18.5% and 15.6%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 15,969 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,181 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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