Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 1.8% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,029,065 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,885 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 33,293 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,042,301 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 1.8% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 30.7% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 23.2% and 12.6%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 13,946 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 710 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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