Net coal production fell 150% year-on-year to 1.13 million tons of oil equivalent, the statistics institute INS said.
Thermal energy output was up 2.9% on the year to 8.03 billion kilowatts hour, while hydropower and nuclear power production rose 8.1% and 1.2%, respectively.
Wind farm output increased 26.9 million KWh on the year to roughly 1.37 billion KWh in the first three month of 2014, while solar power production rose to 165.2 million KWh, from 21.2 million KWh in the year-ago period.
The country’s primary energy resources increased 3.9% on the year to 7.91 million tons of oil in the first quarter, the data showed. Electric energy resources rose 4.1% to 16.37 billion KWh, largely fueled by a 4.5% increase in production.
Romanian final power consumption reached 13 billion KWh in January through March, down 0.9% from the same period of 2013.