Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 1.55% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 889,673 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 43,868 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 29,596 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 875,850 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking an increase of 1.32% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from wind power plants constituted 20.4% of total generation, while imported coal and hydroelectricity power plants contributed 19.6% and 16.7%, respectively.
On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 5,187 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 19,010 megawatt-hours.