Daily electricity consumption in T眉rkiye increased around 1% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 948,296 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 44,901 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 31,061 megawatt-hours at 7 a.m. local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 946,896 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a rise of about 0.86% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants accounted for 20.2% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported coal contributed 17.1% and 17%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 6,206 megawatt-hours, and imports totaled 7,606 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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