Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye increased by 5.59% on Wednesday compared to the previous day, totaling 607,168 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 29,504 megawatt-hours at 21.00 local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 19,827 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 607,692 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking an increase of 5.76% compared to Tuesday.
Electricity production from hydropower plants constituted 27.6% of total generation, while run-of-the-river plants and wind energy plants contributed 19.1% and 12.5%, respectively.
On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,931 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,411 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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