Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 0.33% to 677,866 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 32,078 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 23,013 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time.
Total electricity production reached 666,509 megawatt-hours on Wednesday with a 0.40% decrease compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from hydroelectricity plants at 180,613 megawatt-hours. Imported coal and run-of-river plants followed with 142,490 megawatt-hours and 96,493 megawatt-hours, respectively.
On Wednesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 1,135 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 12,492 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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