Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased by 2.7% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,004,217 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 47,869 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,254 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 994,262 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 2.67% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 20.4% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind power plants contributed 19.5% and 19.3%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,501 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,456 megawatt-hours.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya
Anadolu Agency
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