Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.13% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,015,613 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,183 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,655 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,005,557 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 1.13% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 22.6% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind power plants contributed 19.3% and 18.2%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,646 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,703 megawatt-hours.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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