Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 0.09% on Friday compared to the previous day, reaching 863,707 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 12.00 local time at 41,356 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 28,954 megawatt-hours at 06.00 local time.
Electricity production amounted to 865,484 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a 0.12% decrease from Thursday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 32.1% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants comprised 15.1%, while imported lignite plants held a 14.1% share.
On Friday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 8,653 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 7,000 megawatt-hours.
By Busranur Begcecanli
Anadolu Agency
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