Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 0.5% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,024,192 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,863 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 33,470 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,036,466 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a decrease of 0.4% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from wind plants accounted for around 24.2% of total generation, while imported coal and natural gas plants contributed 21.2% and 16.3%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports totaled 16,385 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 4,121 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
