Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 1.19% to 902,587 megawatt-hours on Friday, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 17.00 local time with 42,186 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 30,545 megawatt-hours at local time 07.00.
Total electricity production reached 906,759 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a 1.29% increase compared to the previous day.
The majority of the output came from Natural gas plants at 222,219 megawatt-hours. Hydroelectricity and imported coal followed with 219,772 megawatt-hours and 192,808 megawatt-hours, respectively.
On Friday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 7,750 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 3,578 megawatt-hours.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr