Thermal energy output increased 10% to 13.3 billion kilowatt-hours, while hydropower production rose 5.9%, the statistics institute INS said.
Nuclear power production fell 1.3% on the year in the January-June period, but the wind and solar energy output rose 8.5 million KWh and 399.3 million KWh, respectively.
At the end of June, wind farm production covered 7.8% of Romania’s total energy output, while solar production reached 2%, the data showed.
The country’s primary energy resources increased 3.4% on the year to 15.4 billion tons of oil in January-June. Electric energy resources rose 6.3% to 31.12 billion KWh, largely fueled by a 7.1% increase in production.
Romanian final power consumption reached 24.77 billion KWh in the first half, down 1.3% from the same period of 2013. Public illumination fell 24.5% year-on-year, while household consumption was down 2.3%.
Electricity exports increased 2.37 billion KWh on the year to 2.96 billion KWh.