Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased 0.04% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,059,417 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,821 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 34,234 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,073,873 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 0.04% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.6% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 20.4% and 17.6%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,772 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 316 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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