Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased by 16.5% on Monday compared to the previous day, totaling 939,325 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Tuesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,789 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 28,805 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 954,898 megawatt-hours on Monday marking a rise of 15.5% compared to Sunday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 30.3% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydropower plants contributed 25.3% and 15.4%, respectively.
On Monday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 16,028 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 455 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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