Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 0.8% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 888,076 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,049 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 29,626 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 883,163 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 0.9% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas constituted 21.7% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectricity plants contributed 15.6% and 13.5%, respectively.
On Tuesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,037 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 9,950 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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