Hydropower production increased 35.7% to 1.64 billion kilowatt-hours, while thermal power output declined 13.7% to 2.69 billion KWh, the statistics institute INS said.
Nuclear power production went down 0.5% on the year in January, while the wind energy output fell 1.3% to 480.5 million KWh. Solar power output almost quadrupled to 53.5 million KWh.
The country’s primary energy resources fell 0.4% on the year to almost 2.72 million tons of oil equivalent in January. Electric energy resources rose 2.1% to 6 billion KWh, fueled by a 0.6% increase in production.
Romanian final power consumption reached 4.25 billion KWh in the first month of the year, down 6.8% from the same period of 2014, due to a 11% decline in demand from industrial customers. Public illumination went up 24.2% year-on-year, while household consumption was 5% higher.
Electricity exports increased 175% year-on-year to 982.3 million KWh in January, while imports were at 110.5 million KWh, up 500% from January 2014.