Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 2.4% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 914,102 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,354 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 30,704 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 913,460 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a fall of about 2.2% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 24.3% of total generation, while natural gas and solar plants contributed 18.7% and 13.4%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports totaled 7,015 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 7,670 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
