Daily electricity consumption in Türkiye decreased by around 0.6% on Friday compared to the previous day, totaling 945,749 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) released on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 45,053 megawatt-hours at 10 a.m. local time (0700 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 31,967 megawatt-hours at 5 a.m. local time (0200 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 952,870 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking a fall of about 0.7% compared to the previous day.
Electricity production from imported coal plants accounted for around 21.2% of total generation, while dam-based hydroelectricity and natural gas plants contributed 19% and 15.5%, respectively.
On Friday, the country’s electricity exports totaled 9,720 megawatt-hours, while imports amounted to 2,621 megawatt-hours.