Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased 2.8% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,058,929 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 51,366 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 34,216 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,073,437 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 2.7% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 32.8% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 19.4% and 11.8%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,841 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 333 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr