Hydropower output rose 3.6% on the year, to 14.7 billion kilowatts hour in January-July, while thermal power output declined 3.8% and nuclear power output dropped 0.8%.
Wind power production increased 20%, to 3.2 billion kWh, and solar power output rose nearly 30%, to 1 billion kWh, the data showed.
Romania’s electricity exports grew 54.7% in the first seven months, to 5.7 billion kWh.
The country’s primary energy resources increased 3.2% in January-July, to 18.9 billion tons of oil equivalent. Electricity resources were up 6.9%, to 38.9 billion kWh.
Final power consumption reached 29.4 billion kilowatts hour in the first seven months, 1.6% higher than in the same period last year, as household electricity consumption increased 4.2% and public lighting rose 30%.