Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 5% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 971,142 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,347 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 32,956 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 968,895 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 4.8 % compared to Saturday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for 21.9% of total generation, while wind and solar plants contributed 18.4% and 13.7%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 14,515 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 16,763 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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