Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 0.3% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,018,679 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 47,610 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,587 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,015,581 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a fall of about 0.2% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 26.7% of total generation, while imported coal plants and lignite plants contributed 23.8% and 12.1%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports totaled 6,450 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 9,560 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
