Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 0.9% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 950,024 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,214 megawatt-hours at 10 a.m. local time (0700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,799 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 959,016 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a rise of about 0.9% compared to the previous day.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 23.1% of total generation, while dam-based hydro and natural gas contributed 20.4% and 14.9%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports totaled 10,930 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 1,575 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
