Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by around 0.58% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 869,287 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,831 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 29,181 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 857,894 megawatt-hours on Thursday marking an increase of %0.03% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 23.7% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 19.3% and 17.1%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,648 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,042 megawatt-hours.
By Duygu Alhan
Anadolu Agency
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