Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased by 0.46% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,027,213 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 48,844 megawatt-hours at 3 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,330 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,015,702 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.37% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 24.7% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 23.5% and 14,7%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,870 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,382 megawatt-hours.
By Sibel Morrow
Anadolu Agency
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