Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 0.57% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, reaching 871,281 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,753 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 29,195 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time.
Electricity production amounted to 876,825 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a 0.99% increase from Tuesday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 37% of total electricity consumption, lignite plants comprised 14.9%, while imported coal plants held a 13.7% share.
On Tuesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 11,528 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 6,218 megawatt-hours.
By Sibel Morrow
Anadolu Agency