Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 954,700 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,262 megawatt-hours at 03.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,050 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 946,441 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.97% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas energy plants constituted 24.4% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydro power plants contributed 19.2% and 16.9%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 7,437 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,698 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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