Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 1.2% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,007,881 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,181 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 32,567 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,014,421 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of 1.3% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from run-of-river hydroelectric plants accounted for around 22.8% of total generation, while coal plants and wind energy plants contributed 20.6% and 19.4%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports totaled 12,772 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 6,173 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
