Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.9% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 891,922 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,523 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,972 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 893,024 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 0.82% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 20.5% of total generation, while natural gas plants and imported coal plants contributed 18.9% and 16.6%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,098 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 5,060 megawatt-hours.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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