Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased around 5.9% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 896,663 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,795 megawatt-hours at 8 p.m. local time (1700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,735 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 895,716 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a fall of about 5.7% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 21.6% of total generation, while wind and solar plants contributed 21% and 13.2%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports totaled 9,888 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 10,837 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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