Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 1.5% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 894,199 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,174 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,920 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 894,806 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 1.5% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from hydro power plants constituted 21% of total generation, while natural gas power plants and lignite plants contributed 19.2% and 14.2%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 11,236 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 10,629 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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