Hydropower output decreased 59.4% on the year to 758.1 million kilowatts hour, the statistics institute INS said. The country’s top hydropower producer Hidroelectrica has been affected by a spell of dry weather, which drove production down and forced the company to cap deliveries temporarily to industrial consumers.
On the other hand, thermal power production rose 8.5% on the year to 3.3 billion KWh in January, while nuclear production increased 4.3% to 1.05 billion KWh.
Wind farm production increased to 270.3 million KWh in January, from roughly 48 million KWh in the same period of 2011.
Romania’s primary energy resources fell 19.3% on the year to 3.38 million tons of oil equivalent in January, the data showed.
Electric energy resources were down 9% to 5.5 billion KWh, due to a 9.7% decline in production.
Romanian final power consumption reached 4.63 billion KWh in January, down 0.8% from the same period of 2011. Public illumination rose 6% on the year, but household consumption was down 2.1%.