Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 1.1% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,017,776 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,531 megawatt-hours at 10 a.m. local time (0700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,134 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,024,733 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of 1.2% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 31.4% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23.5% and 12%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports totaled 7,231 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 364 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
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