Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 1.24% on Wednesday compared to the previous day to reach 890,685 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 12.00 local time, reaching 42,791 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 29,823 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time.

On Wednesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 4,108 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 1,312 megawatt-hours.

Electricity production amounted to 909,972 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a 3.07% increase from Tuesday.

While Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 32.3% of total electricity consumption, imported coal held a 22.4% share while lignite plants comprised 12.5%.​​​​​​​

By Sibel Morrow

Anadolu Agency

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