Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 1.32% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,072,919 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 51,702 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 35,720 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,083,043 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a 1.27% increase from Tuesday.

Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 38.1% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants contributed 18% while hydroelectricity plants comprised 13.1%.

On Wednesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 15,518 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 5,450 megawatt-hours.

By Murat Temizer

Anadolu Agency

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