Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased 16.1% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 952,075 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,127 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 30,617 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 955,349 megawatt-hours on Monday, marking an increase of 16.7% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 20.8% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported coal plants contributed 16.4% and 14.8%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,735 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 9,460 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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