Türkiye's daily power consumption up 0.20% on Oct. 12

- Electricity exports amount to 5,673 megawatt-hours and imports total 16,903 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.20% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 866,973 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,669 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,385 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 855,743 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.21% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural gas constituted 24% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 23% and 14.2%, respectively.

On Wednesday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,673 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,903 megawatt-hours.

By Gokce Topbas

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr