Turkey’s daily electricity consumption decreased by 3.09% on Thursday compared to the previous day, totaling 1,004,436 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of the Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 47,729 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 34,456 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 1,014,828 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a 3.07% decrease from Wednesday.
Turkey’s electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 39% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants contributed 16.7% while lignite plants comprised 12.1%.
On Thursday, Turkey’s electricity exports amounted to 17,217 megawatt-hours, while imports totaled 6,976 megawatt-hours.
By Busranur Begcecanli
Source: Anadolu Agency
