Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 1.52% to 792,984 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 36,915 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed.
The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest daily point of 27,146 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time.
Electricity production totaled 792,984 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a 1.14% increase compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from imported coal plants totaling 203,441 megawatt-hours.Hydroelectricity plants and natural gas followed with 176,278 megawatt-hours and 175,266 megawatt-hours, respectively.
Also on Wednesday, Turkey’s electricity exports amounted to 6,447 megawatt-hours, while imports reached 3,244 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Kucuk
Anadolu Agency
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