Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 0.42% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,059,256 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,620 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 35,789 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 1,068,392 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a 0.43% rise from Wednesday.

Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 38.1% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants contributed 17.8% while lignite plants comprised 11.3%.

On Thursday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 16,941 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 7,979 megawatt-hours.

By Busranur Begcecanli

Anadolu Agency

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