Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 0.98% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 857,436 megawatt-hours, according to official figures from the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,297 megawatt-hours at 18 p.m. local time (1500 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 29,067 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 846,255 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking an decrease of 0.95% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 28.1% of total generation, while natural gas and lignite plants contributed 22.8% and 14.8%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,210 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 17,391 megawatt-hours.
