Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased 12% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 830,052 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,025 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 27,023 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 830,238 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 12% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 18.3% of total generation, while natural gas plants and imported coal plants contributed 17.4% and 14.4%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,417 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 4,231 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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