Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased by around 0.19% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 865,987 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,777 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 28,662 megawatt-hours at 6 a.m. local time (0300 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 854,384 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.3% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 28.1% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 23.9% and 14.1%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,919 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,182 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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