Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased around 0.8% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 928,148 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,836 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 31,498 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 926,035 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a rise of about 0.6% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 25.3% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 16.6% and 13.7%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports totaled 6,614 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 8,773 megawatt-hours.
By Basak Erkalan
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr
