Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 876,075 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 42,123 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 29,212 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 864,411 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 1.19% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity power plants contributed 19.3% and 13.6%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 4,541 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,205 megawatt-hours.
By Firdevs Yuksel
Anadolu Agency
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