Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 11% on Sunday compared to the previous day, reaching 734,962 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Monday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 22.00 local time at 34,175 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 26,013 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time.
Electricity production amounted to 736,658 megawatt-hours on Sunday, marking a 10.9% decrease from Saturday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29.8% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants comprised 16.6%, while lignite plants held a 15.3% share.
On Saturday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 9,049 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 7,392 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Kucuk Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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