Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased on Wednesday by 0.02% compared to the previous day to 934,625 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Thursday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 17.00 local time with 43,051 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 32,006 megawatt-hours at local time 07.00.
Electricity production totaled 933,241 megawatt-hours on Wednesday, marking a 0.02% increase compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from natural gas plants at 227,596 megawatt-hours. Imported coal and hydroelectricity plants followed with 188,652 megawatt-hours and 183,174 megawatt-hours, respectively.
On Wednesday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 2,882 megawatt-hours, while imports reached 4,267 megawatt-hours.
By Sibel Morrow
Anadolu Agency
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