Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased 2.62% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 873,098 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,205 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 29,976 megawatt-hours at 05.00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 877,271 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 3.13% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.6% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.4% and 13.3%, respectively.
On Tuesday the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,348 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,175 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Kucuk Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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