Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 1.66% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 953,449 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,075 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,747 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 949,719 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of about 1.57% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from imported wind energy plants accounted for around 24.2% of total generation, while imported coal and solar plants contributed 20.9% and 12.4%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports totaled 7,791 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 11,526 megawatt-hours.
By Handan Kazanci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
