Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 0.82% on Thursday compared to the previous day to reach 793,425 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 19.00 local time with 38,628 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 27,902 megawatt-hours at 06.00 local time.
Electricity production reached 804,108 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a 0.77% decrease compared to the previous day.
While Turkey's electricity production from natural gas constituted 34.70% of total electricity consumption on Thursday, imported coal plants held a 22.31% share while lignite plants comprised 14.93%.
On Thursday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 11,411 megawatt-hours while imports reached 728 megawatt-hours.
By Busranur Begcecanli
Anadolu Agency
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