Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 2.2% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 977,457 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,779 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 32,028 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 990,254 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking an increase of 2,1% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from coal plants constituted 24.9% of total generation, while natural gas and hydroelectricity plants contributed 22.9% and 11.6%, respectively.
On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 13,744 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 948 megawatt-hours.
