Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 5.12% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 791,089 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
TEIAS data showed that hourly power consumption peaked at 36,889 megawatt-hours at 12 a.m. local time (0900 GMT) and the country's electricity consumption fell to 28,074 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 763,631 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a decrease of 5.45% compared to Friday.
Imported coal plants contributed 30.7% of total generation, while natural gas plants and lignite power plants contributed 17.6% and 14.4%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,922 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 32,380 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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