Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased 0.66% on Wednesday, compared to the previous day, totaling 1,022,599 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,652 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,346 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,036,529 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 0.65% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 30.1% of total generation, while imported coal and hydropower plants contributed 21.5% and 12.4%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,707 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 867 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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