Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased by 1% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 923,615 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,800 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,110 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT)
Electricity production amounted to 935,920 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a rise of 0.7% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.6% of total generation, while natural gas and hydropower plants contributed 22.8% and 15.3%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,262 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,958 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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