Thermal energy output increased 1.2% to 21.5 billion kilowatt-hours, while hydropower production rose 23.7% to 15.9 billion KWh, the statistics institute INS said.
Nuclear power production went up 0.8% on the year in the January-October period, while the wind and solar energy output rose by 86.2 million KWh and 819.2 million KWh, respectively.
At the end of October, wind farm production covered 7.3% of Romania’s total energy output, while solar production reached 2.4%, the data showed.
The country’s primary energy resources increased 2.4% on the year to almost 26.6 million tons of oil equivalent in January-October. Electric energy resources rose 8.9% to 52.5 billion KWh, largely fueled by a 9% increase in production.
Romanian final power consumption reached 41.1 billion KWh in the first ten months, down 0.9% from the same period of 2013. Public illumination fell 25.1% year-on-year, while household consumption was down 0.7%.
Electricity exports increased by 4.9 billion KWh to 6.3 billion KWh in the January-October period.