Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 2.19% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 880,219 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,862 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 29,919 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 886,302 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 0.09% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 26.7% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 23.4% and 14.1%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,801 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,719 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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