Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye decreased 0.68% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 1 million megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,323 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 34,169 megawatt-hours at 07.00 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 996,270 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 0.55% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas power plants constituted 38.6% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectricity power plants contributed 16.7% and 17.6%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,998 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 16,942 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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