Hydropower output decreased 24.2% on the year to 9.86 billion kilowatts hour, while nuclear energy production was down 2.6% to 8.43 billion KWh, the statistics institute INS said.
Thermal power production rose 4% on the year to 24.3 billion KWh in January through September, while wind farm production more than doubled to 1.75 billion KWh, from 800 million KWh in the same period of 2011.
Romania’s primary energy resources fell 2.5% on the year to 25.6 million tons of oil equivalent in the first nine months, while electric energy resources were down 2.7% to 45 billion KWh, the data showed.
Final power consumption reached 39.5 billion KWh in January through September, up 0.5% from the same period of 2011. Public illumination rose 6.2% on the year, while household consumption was up 1%.