Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 2.5% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 843,120 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 38,451 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 29,580 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 831,388 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 2.6% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 19.5% of total generation, while wind and run-of-the-river plants contributed 17.6% and 14.3%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,285 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,017 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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