Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased 4.6% on Tuesday, compared to the previous day, totaling 922,508 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,181 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 30,848 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 918,325 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking an increase of 4.5% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from wind plants constituted 22.2% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and imported coal plants contributed 17.6% and 13.4%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,319 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 10,528 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr