Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased 0.14% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,050,571 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,994 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 34,133 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,064,900 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.2% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 26% of total generation, while imported coal plants and wind plants contributed 22.4% and 19.8%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 15,235 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 866 megawatt-hours.
By Fuat Kabakci
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr