Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.81% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 934,236 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,109 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 31,050 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 917,792 megawatt-hours on Wednesday marking an increase of 1.89% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29.7% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 24% and 13% respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 8,123 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 24,567 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
