​​​​​Turkey's daily electricity consumption increased by 2.18% on Thursday compared to the previous day to reach 859,003 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 12.00 local time, reaching 40,460 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 28,980 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time.

Electricity production amounted to 860,922 megawatt-hours on Thursday, with an increase of 1.13% from Wednesday.

While Turkey's electricity production from natural gas constituted 29.9% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants held a 23.8% share while hydropower plants comprised 13.5%.

On Thursday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 6,611 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 4,692 megawatt-hours.

By Nuran Erkul Kaya

Anadolu Agency

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