Thermal energy output increased 2.9% to 19 billion kilowatt-hours, while hydropower production rose 22.3% to 14.35 billion KWh, the statistics institute INS said.
Nuclear power production went down 0.8% on the year in the January-September period, but the wind and solar energy output rose by 66.8 million KWh and 741.3 million KWh, respectively.
At the end of September, wind farm production covered 7.3% of Romania’s total energy output, while solar production reached 2.4%, the data showed.
The country’s primary energy resources increased 3% on the year to almost 23.7 million tons of oil equivalent in January-September. Electric energy resources rose 8.8% to 46.8 billion KWh, largely fueled by a 9.1% increase in production.
Romanian final power consumption reached 36.9 billion KWh in the first nine months, down 0.8% from the same period of 2013. Public illumination fell 25.2% year-on-year, while household consumption was down 0.9%.
Electricity exports increased by 4.3 billion KWh to 5.3 billion KWh in the January-September period.