Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 5.4% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 984,586 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,865 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 33,686 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 995,201 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 5.2% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from wind plants constituted 22% of total generation, while imported coal plants and natural gas plants contributed 19.3% and 13.8%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 13,555 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 2,942 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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