Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 3.15% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,053,244 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 49,498 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT) on Tuesday, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage was at its lowest at 37,177 megawatt-hours at 06.00 local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,063,986 megawatt-hours on Saturday, marking a 3.05% decrease from Friday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 37.6% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants held a 16.5% share while hydroelectricity power plants comprised 15.5%.
On Saturday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 14,833 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 4,640 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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