Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 0.09% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,060,086 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 51,094 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 35,526 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,064,729 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a 0.14% decrease from Thursday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 41% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants contributed 19.1% while hydro plants comprised 14.3%.
On Friday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 12,556 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 7,983 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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