Turkey’s daily electricity consumption increased by 0.12% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,061,072 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 50,768 megawatt-hours at 15.00 local time (1200 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 35,488 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,066,236 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a 0.14% rise from Wednesday.
Turkey’s electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 40.6% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants contributed 19.1% while hydro plants comprised 14.3%.
On Thursday, Turkey’s electricity exports amounted to 13,485 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 8,447 megawatt-hours.
By Busranur Begcecanli
Source: Anadolu Agency
