Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 0.6% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 835,890 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
TEIAS data showed that hourly power consumption peaked at 39,422 megawatt-hours at 12 a.m. local time (0900 GMT) and the country's electricity consumption fell to 27,960 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 815,579 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.95% compared to Wednesday.
Imported coal plants contributed 28.9% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite power plants contributed 17.6% and 15.4%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,365 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 27,676 megawatt-hours.
By Nuran Erkul Kaya
Anadolu Agency
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