Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 0.89% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 863,054 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 39,792 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 29,958 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 851,004 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 1.06% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas power plants constituted 28.5% of total generation, while imported coal and hydro power plants contributed 17% and 12%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,737 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,787 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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