Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 7% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,034,377 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,323 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 33,896 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,045,259 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of about 0.6% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for 21.6% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 18.6% and 15.7%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports totaled 13,762 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 2,920 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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