Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased around 0.3% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 923,413 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,577 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,006 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 921,628 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a rise of about 0.3% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 26.1% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 26% and 12.1%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports totaled 6,443 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 9,631 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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