Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 1.2% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 910,580 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,156 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 31,124 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 916,570 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a 1.1% fall from Tuesday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 42.6% of total electricity consumption, lignite plants contributed 13.9% while imported coal plants comprised 13.2%.
On Wednesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 15,941 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 10,055 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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