Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 1.85% on Wednesday compared to the previous day to reach 840,656 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 19.00 local time, reaching 40,388 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 29,461 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time.
Electricity production amounted to 851,294 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, with a decrease of 1.70% from Tuesday.
While Turkey's electricity production from natural gas constituted 30.17% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants held a 22.76% share while lignite plants comprised 16.56%.
On Wednesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 11,462 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 824 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Kucuk Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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