Electricity output increased 4.4% on the year in the first eight months, as wind and solar output grew 60.5% and 55.1%, respectively, the data showed. thermal power output increased 1.3%, while hydropower declined 5.1% and nuclear power output declined 0.8%.
Romania’s electricity exports rose 45.1%, to 6.7 billion kilowatts hour.
The country’s primary energy resources grew 3.9% in January-August, to 12.8 billion tons of oil equivalent, while electricity resources grew 9.8%, to 45.85 billion kWh, the data showed.
Final power consumption stood at 34.98 billion kWh, 6.2% higher than in January-August 2014, as public lighting increased 31.4% and household power consumption declined 4.1%.