Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.8% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 969,089 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,437 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 31,950 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 973,610 megawatt-hours on Wednesday marking a rise of 1.6% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 22.8% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported coal plants contributed 16.4% and 14.7%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 10,889 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 6,368 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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