Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye decreased by 4.34% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 928,067 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,239 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,970 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 929,076 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 4.34% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from wind plants constituted 18.7% of total electricity consumption, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 18.3% and 16.5%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,378 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 11,369 megawatt-hours.
By Murat Temizer
Anadolu Agency
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