totaling 789,514 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Saturday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 37,331 megawatt-hours at 12.00 local time (0900 GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country’s electricity usage dropped to the lowest level of 26,013 megawatt-hours at 07.00 local time (0400 GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 789,065 megawatt-hours on Friday, marking an increase of 6.3% compared to Thursday.
Electricity production from hydropower plants constituted 21.3% of total generation, while wind energy and lignite power plants contributed 17.7% and 14.4%, respectively.
On Friday, the country’s electricity exports amounted to 12,317 megawatt-hours and imports totaled 12,766 megawatt-hours.
Source: Anadolu Agency