Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye increased by 0.95% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 909,522 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,376 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,585 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 909,150 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.96% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.6% of total generation, while hydro power plants and run-of-the-river plants contributed 18.2% and 14.3%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 9,016 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 9,389 megawatt-hours.

By Firdevs Yuksel

Anadolu Agency

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