Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye increased by 2.30% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 983,972 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 46,924 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 33,087 megawatt-hours at 4 a.m. local time (0100 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 981,596 megawatt-hours on Friday marking a rise of 1.91% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 21% of total generation, while hydroelectricity plants and imported coal plants contributed 15.3% and 14.5 %, respectively.
On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 10,098 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,474 megawatt-hours.
