Daily electricity consumption in Turkiye increased by 0.48% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 911,528 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,157 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,109 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 908,224 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 0.58% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 25.1% of total generation, while hydropower and imported coal contributed 20.4% and 14.1%, respectively.
On Friday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 12,618 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 15,921 megawatt-hours.
By Gulsen Cagatay
Anadolu Agency
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