Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by 1.7% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 940,190 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,090 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed.
The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 34,141 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 946,750 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of 2% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from imported coal plants constituted 22.1% of total generation, while natural gas and solar power plants contributed 21.8% and 12.3%, respectively.
On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 10,175 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 3,615 megawatt-hours.
