Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 2.5% on Tuesday compared to the previous day, totaling 920,907 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Wednesday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,863 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 30,822 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 915,955 megawatt-hours on Tuesday, marking a rise of 2.01% compared to Monday.
Electricity production from wind plants constituted 16.9% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and imported coal plants contributed 15.8% and 13.9%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 8,138 megawatt-hours, and imports totaled 13,092 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
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