By Firdevs Yuksel
ISTANBUL (AA) - Turkey's daily electricity consumption decreased by 1.2% on Saturday compared to the previous day, totaling 797,888 megawatt-hours (MWh), according to official figures of Turkish Electricity Transmission Corporation (TEIAS) on Sunday.
Hourly power consumption peaked at 37,108 MWh at 12 p.m. local time (0900GMT), data from TEIAS showed. The country's electricity use dropped to the lowest level of 27,841 MWh at 5 a.m. local time (0200GMT).
Electricity production amounted to 796,116 MWh on Saturday, marking a 1.5% decrease compared to Friday.
Turkey's electricity production from natural gas plants constituted 37.4% of total electricity consumption and lignite plants contributed 15%, while wind power plants comprised 12.6%.
On Saturday, Turkey's electricity exports amounted to 10,689 MWh and imports totaled 12,680 MWh.