Thermal energy output dropped 23.9% on the year to 18.49 billion kilowatts hour, the statistics institute INS said.
Hydropower production rose 18.9% to 11.73 billion KWh in the first nine months of 2013, while nuclear output was up 3% to 8.69 billion KWh.
Wind farm output rose to 3.32 billion KWh, from around 1.75 billion KWh in the January-September period last year. Wind farm production covered 7.8% of the country’s electricity output in the first nine months of 2013.
Romania’s primary energy resources fell 11.6% on the year to 22.67 million tons of oil equivalent in the January-September period, the data showed.
Electric energy resources were down 6.2% to 42.62 billion KWh, largely due to a 4.8% decline in production.
Romanian final power consumption reached 36.85 billion KWh in the January-September period, down 7% from the same period of 2012. Public illumination fell 10.3% on the year, while household consumption was down 1%.
Electric energy exports rose 13.1% year-on-year to 1.05 billion KWh in the January-September period.