Türkiye's daily power consumption up 0.48% on Dec. 4

- Electricity exports amount to 16,185 megawatt-hours and imports total 562 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.48% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,003,712 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,243 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,509 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,019,387 megawatt-hours on Wednesday marking an increase of 0.5% compared to Tuesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 34.6% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 22.4% and 11.8%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 16,185 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 562 megawatt-hours.

By Handan Kazanci

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr