Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.89% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 869,179 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,308 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 28,618 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 860,261 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking an increase of 1.82% compared to Friday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 21.4% of total generation, while hydro power plants and wind plants contributed 18.2% and 15.3%, respectively.
On Saturday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 11,624 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 20,542 megawatt-hours.
By Zeynep Beyza Kilic
Anadolu Agency
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