Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 0.30% on Thursday compared to the previous day to reach 893,444 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday at 10.00 local time.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 12.00 local time, reaching 42,374 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 30,257 megawatt-hours at 06.00 local time.

Electricity production amounted to 894,256 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a 1.7% decrease from Wednesday.

While Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 30% of total electricity consumption, imported coal held a 22.5% share while lignite plants comprised 12.8%.​​​​​​​

On Thursday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 4,223 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 3,507 megawatt-hours.

By Nuran Erkul Kaya

Anadolu Agency

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