Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 0.74% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 868,257 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 41,077 megawatt-hours at 15.00 p.m. local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,741 megawatt-hours at 05.00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 865,027 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 0.37% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 22.3% of total generation, while wind and natural gas plants contributed 20.2% and 17%, respectively.
On Thursday the country's electricity exports amounted to 5,373 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 8,603 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Kucuk Topbas
Anadolu Agency
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