Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 1.2% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 912,204 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,758 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 30,947 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 909,678 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of about 1.29% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 26.1% of total generation, while natural gas and solar plants contributed 25.8% and 13.4%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports totaled 6,146 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 8,673 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
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