Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 0.67% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, reaching 855,838 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 15.00 local time at 40,536 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 28,715 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time.
Electricity production amounted to 857,962 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a 0.63% increase from Tuesday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 36% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants comprised 15.4%, while imported lignite plants held a 13.8% share.
On Wednesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 12,265 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 10,389 megawatt-hours.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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