Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased around 0.27% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 950,879 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,926 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,239 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 949,374 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a rise of about 0.11% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for 19.7% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity plants contributed 17% and 16.7%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,909 megawatt-hours, and imports totaled 8,374 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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