Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 17.6% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,021,142 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 51,911 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 31,056 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,030,218 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking an increase of 17.1% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for around 26.5% of total generation, while imported coal and wind contributed 22.6% and 14%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports totaled 8,373 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 592 megawatt-hours.
By Ebru Sengul Cevrioglu
Anadolu Agency
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