Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 0.5% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,032,205 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,454 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 35,069 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,027,246 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of about 0.5% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 29.1% of total generation, while imported coal plants and solar plants contributed 22.5% and 12.5%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports totaled 6,908 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 11,868 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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