Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 0.45% on Thursday compared to the previous day to reach 907,974 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday at 10.00 local time.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 11.00 local time, reaching 43,396 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 30,572 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time.
Electricity production amounted to 914,647 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a 0.54% decrease from Wednesday.
While Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 27.2% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants comprised 19.6%, while wind plants held a 14.3% share.
On Thursday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 7,296 megawatt-hours, while imports total 1,004 megawatt-hours.
By Sibel Morrow
Anadolu Agency
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