Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased by 11.45% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 856,984 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,893 megawatt-hours at 12.00 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,447 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 846,349 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 11.46% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 22.4% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity power plants contributed 18.4% and 14.5%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,426 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,061 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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