Turkey's daily power consumption down 0.92% on Oct.18

- Turkey's electricity exports amount to 8,638 megawatt-hours, while imports reach 3,224 megawatt-hours on Friday

Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 0.92% to 762,948 megawatt-hours on Friday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 19.00 local time with 36,086 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest daily point of 26,584 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time.

Electricity production totaled 768,362 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a 0.96% decrease compared to the previous day.

The majority of the output came from coal imports totaling 207,442 megawatt-hours. Natural gas and hydroelectricity followed with 191,981 megawatt-hours and 149,389 megawatt-hours, respectively.

On Friday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 8,638 megawatt-hours, while imports reached 3,224 megawatt-hours.

By Firdevs Yuksel

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr