Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased by 22.2% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 815,344 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,708 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 25,188 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 822,988 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 21.2% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 17.7% of total generation, while hydroelectricity and imported coal plants contributed 16.9% and 14.6%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 10,821 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,192 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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