Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased 2% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,049,546 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,204 megawatt-hours at 12 p.m. local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,340 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,060,039 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking an increase of 1.7% compared to Wednesday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 23.7% of total generation, while imported coal and wind plants contributed 22.7% and 18.4%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 10,988 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 430 megawatt-hours.
By Humeyra Ayaz
Anadolu Agency
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