Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 13.47% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 828,702 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,529 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 25,924 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 819,069 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 13.50% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 19.7% of total generation, while hydro power plants and wind plants contributed 16.6% and 16%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,910 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,542 megawatt-hours.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr