Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 0.12% on Thursday compared to the previous day to reach 822,358 megawatt-hours, according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Friday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 19.00 local time, reaching 40,290 megawatt-hours, data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity usage dropped to its lowest level of 28,678 megawatt-hours at 05.00 local time.
Electricity production amounted to 834,715 megawatt-hours on Thursday, marking a 0.38% decrease compared to the previous day.
While Turkey's electricity production from natural gas constituted 35.01% of total electricity consumption, imported coal plants held a 22.37% share while lignite plants comprised 14.38%.
On Thursday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 12,413 megawatt-hours while imports totaled 56 megawatt-hours.
By Gokce Topbas
Anadolu Agency
energy@aa.com.tr