Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 1.35% to 703,150 megawatt-hours on Thursday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 20.00 local time with 33,450 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 23,573 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time.
Total electricity production reached 698,427 megawatt-hours on Thursday with a 0.6% increase compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from hydroelectricity plants at 205,932 megawatt-hours. Imported coal and run-of-river plants followed with 133,879 megawatt-hours and 123,008 megawatt-hours, respectively.
On Thursday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 5,753 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 10,476 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Kucuk Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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