Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 0.61% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 868,379 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,871 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 29,674 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 857,348 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking an increase of 0.75% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas power plants constituted 29.7% of total generation, while imported coal and hydro power plants contributed 17% and 12%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,612 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,643 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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