Türkiye's daily power consumption up 2.8% on Oct. 31

- Electricity exports amount to 17,394 megawatt-hours and imports total 227 megawatt-hours

Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 2.8% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 912,165 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.

Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,463 megawatt-hours at 7 p.m. local time (1600 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.

The country's electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 30,198 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).

Electricity production amounted to 929,324 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a rise of 2.8% compared to Wednesday.

Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 25.7% of total generation, while natural gas and wind plants contributed 16.3% and 14.5%, respectively.

On Thursday, the country's electricity exports amounted to 17,394 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 227 megawatt-hours.

By Fuat Kabakci

Anadolu Agency

energy@aa.com.tr