Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased around 0.2% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,037,063 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,460 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 34,993 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,032,866 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a rise of about 0.3% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 28.5% of total generation, while imported coal plants and solar plants contributed 22% and 12.7%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports totaled 6,483 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 10,680 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
