Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 0.6% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,092,946 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 53,000 megawatt-hours at 11 a.m. local time (0800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 35,566 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,106,962 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a fall of 0.7% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas accounted for around 34.4% of total generation, while imported coal plants and run-of-river hydroelectric plants contributed 20.6% and 11%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports totaled 15,963 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 1,948 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
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