Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 8.1% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 865,109 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation released on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 40,717 megawatt-hours at 9 p.m. local time (1800 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 30,749 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 870,530 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a fall of about 8.3% compared to the previous day.
Electricity production from dam-based hydropower plants accounted for around 30.3% of total generation, while solar power and lignite plants contributed 13.4% and 10.2%, respectively.
On Thursday, the country’s electricity exports totaled 6,511 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 1,216 megawatt-hours.
