Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.88% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 868,301 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,386 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 29,681 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 852,397 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 0.76% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from imported coal constituted 26.1% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 23.5% and 13%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 3,956 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,860 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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