Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased 0.6% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 995,399 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,316 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 33,536 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,007,045 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.4% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 28.7% of total generation, while imported coal plants and hydroelectricity plants contributed 24% and 12.2%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 11,931 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 412 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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