Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 1.7% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 926,960 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,563 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 30,925 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 925,483 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a rise of 1.9% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from hydroelectricity plants constituted 15.8% of total generation, while imported coal plants and solar plants contributed 14.3% and 13.4%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,058 megawatt-hours, and imports totaled 7,535 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
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