Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 13.8% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 819,718 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,504 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), TEIAS data showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 28,630 megawatt-hours at 8 a.m. local time (0500 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 829,447 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a fall of about 13.6% compared to the previous day.
Electricity generation from wind energy accounted for around 27.7% of total production, while dam-based hydropower plants and lignite coal contributed 24.9% and 11.5%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports totaled 12,486 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 2,689 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
