Hydropower output decreased 52.1% on the year to 1.62 billion kilowatts hour, the statistics institute INS said.
The country’s top hydropower generator Hidroelectrica saw its production crippled by persisting dry weather, which forced the company to cap deliveries temporarily to industrial consumers. Hidroelectrica covers around 30% of the local power production.
On the other hand, thermal power production rose 13% on the year to 6.78 billion KWh in January through February, while nuclear production increased 3.8% to 2.03 billion KWh.
Wind farm production increased to 440.7 million KWh in the first two months, from roughly 151 million KWh in the same period of 2011.
Romania’s primary energy resources fell 17% on the year to 6.62 million tons of oil equivalent in January through February, the data showed.
Electric energy resources were down 4.7% to 11 billion KWh, due to a 5.4% decline in production.
Romanian final power consumption reached 9.2 billion KWh in the first two months, up 1.1% from the same period of 2011. Public illumination rose 14.5% on the year, while household consumption was up 1.8%.