Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 1.04% to 834,801 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at local time 19.00 with 39,994 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest daily point of 27,671 megawatt-hours at local time 05.00.
Electricity production totaled 829,316 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a 0.66% increase compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from imported natural gas totaling 234,439 megawatt-hours. Imported coal plants and hydro plants followed with 202,196 megawatt-hours and 157,347 megawatt-hours, respectively.
On Wednesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 5,384 megawatt-hours, while imports reached 10,843 megawatt-hours.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr