Thermal energy output increased 5.5% to 17.2 billion kilowatt-hours, while hydropower production rose 17.4% to 12.76 billion KWh, the statistics institute INS said.
Nuclear power production went down 0.6% on the year in the January-August period, but the wind and solar energy output rose by 45.1 million KWh and 623.3 million KWh, respectively.
At the end of August, wind farm production covered 7.1% of Romania’s total energy output, while solar production reached 2.4%, the data showed.
The country’s primary energy resources increased 3.4% on the year to almost 21 million tons of oil equivalent in January-August. Electric energy resources rose 8.5% to 41.8 billion KWh, largely fueled by a 8.9% increase in production.
Romanian final power consumption reached 32.9 billion KWh in the first eight months, down 1.1% from the same period of 2013. Public illumination fell 25.1% year-on-year, while household consumption was down 1.6%.
Electricity exports increased by 3.83 billion KWh to 4.63 billion KWh in the January-August period.