Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 1.83% on Thursday compared to the previous day to reach 927,856 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday at 10.00 local time.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 15.00 local time, reaching 44,735 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 31,114 megawatt-hours at 06.00 local time.
Electricity production amounted to 932,455 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a 1.79% increase from Wednesday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29.6% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants comprised 16.7%, while hydroelectricity power plants held a 16.9% share.
On Thursday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 8,067 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 3,848 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Kucuk Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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