Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 0.36% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 938,059 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,307 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,021 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 921,615 megawatt-hours on Friday marking a decrease of 0.18% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 29.3% of total generation, while imported coal plants and lignite plants contributed 25.8% and 13.4%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,471 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 22,675 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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