Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased 2.83% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 860,198 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,986 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 29,085 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 835,204 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a decrease of 3.09% compared to Tursday.
Electricity production from natural gas constituted 28% of total generation, while imported coal and lignite plants contributed 26.6% and 15.9%, respectively.
On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 6,677 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 31,680 megawatt-hours.