Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 0.73% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 911,400 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,603 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,056 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 897,899 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking an increase of 0.01% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.9% of total generation, while imported coal and hydro power plants contributed 16.1% and 15.7%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 11,554 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 18,488 megawatt-hours.
By Sibel Morrow
Anadolu Agency
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