Thermal energy output increased 9.4% to 15.3 billion kilowatt-hours, while hydropower production rose 8.1%, the statistics institute INS said.Nuclear power production went down 0.7% on the year in the January-July period, but the wind and solar energy output rose by 23.2 million KWh and 459.6 million KWh, respectively.
At the end of July, wind farm production covered 7.4% of Romania’s total energy output, while solar production reached 2.2%, the data showed.
The country’s primary energy resources increased 3.9% on the year to 18.3 billion tons of oil in January-July. Electric energy resources rose 7.2% to 36.4 billion KWh, largely fueled by a 7.6% increase in production.
Romanian final power consumption reached 28.9 billion KWh in the first seven months, down 1.2% from the same period of 2013. Public illumination fell 24.9% year-on-year, while household consumption was down 1.9%.
Electricity exports increased by 2.98 billion KWh to 3.71 billion KWh in the January-July period.