Hydropower production increased 35.5% to 4.94 billion kWh, while thermal power output declined 12.6% to 7.02 billion kWh, the statistics institute INS said.
Nuclear power production went down 1.8% on the year to 2.99 billion kWh in January to March, while the wind energy output rose 29.7% to 1.78 billion kWh. Solar power output went up to 264.2 million kWh from 163.5 million kWh in January-March 2014.
Romanian final power consumption reached 12.53 billion kWh in the first three months, down 3.6% from the same period of 2014, due to a 7.4% decline in demand from the business sector. Public illumination went up 21.7% year-on-year, while household consumption was 4.3% higher.
Electricity exports increased 94.7% year-on-year to 2.58 billion kWh in January-March, while imports were at 201.4 million KWh, up 91.3% from the same period of 2014.
The country’s primary energy resources rose 4.8% on the year to 8.29 million tons of oil equivalent in the January-March period. Electric energy resources increased 5.1% to 17.2 billion kWh, fueled by the increase in production.