Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 0.45% to 843,558 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 20.00 local time with 39,796 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest point of 28,838 megawatt-hours at 05.00.
Total electricity production reached 841,872 megawatt-hours on Wednesday with a 0.2% increase compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from natural gas at 230,628 megawatt-hours. Hydroelectricity and imported coal followed with 204,872 megawatt-hours and 178,925 megawatt-hours, respectively.
On Wednesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 5,849 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 7,535 megawatt-hours.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya
Anadolu Agency
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