Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 7.7% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 956,671 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,854 megawatt-hours at 6 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,919 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 969,623 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 19.4% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26.9% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 24.2% and 11.3%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 14,648 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 1,697 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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