Hydropower output decreased 23.2% on the year to 10.5 billion kilowatts hour, while nuclear energy production was down 2.4% to 9.49 billion KWh, the statistics institute INS said.
Thermal power production rose 2.2% on the year to 27 billion KWh in January through October, while wind farm production more than doubled to 2 billion KWh, from 930 million KWh in the same period of 2011.
Romania’s primary energy resources fell 2.1% on the year to 28.4 million tons of oil equivalent in the first ten months, while electric energy resources were down 3% to 49.8 billion KWh, the data showed.
Final power consumption reached 43.8 billion KWh in January through October, up 0.2% from the same period of 2011. Public illumination rose 6% on the year, while household consumption was up 1.1%.