Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 14.57% on Thursday compared to the previous day to reach 600,056 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 21.00 local time, reaching 28,297 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 21,695 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time.
Electricity production amounted to 606,129 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a 14.44% decrease from Wednesday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 18.6% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants comprised 17%, while lignite plants held a 13.8% share.
On Thursday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 6,986 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 12,866 megawatt-hours.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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