Hydropower production increased 33.4% to 3.17 billion kWh, while thermal power output declined 15.7% to 4.88 billion kWh, the statistics institute INS said.
Nuclear power production went down 0.5% on the year to 1.99 billion kWh in January to February, while the wind energy output rose 48.3% to 1.2 billion kWh. Solar power output more than doubled to 135.1 million kWh from 79.8 million kWh in January-February 2014.
Romanian final power consumption reached 8.38 billion kWh in the first two months, down 4.1% from the same period of 2014, due to a 7.4% decline in demand from industrial customers. Public illumination went up 20.5% year-on-year, while household consumption was 5.3% higher.
Electricity exports increased 90.9% year-on-year to 1.69 billion kWh in January-February, while imports were at 151.6 million KWh, doubled from the same period of 2014.
The country’s primary energy resources fell 0.3% on the year to 5.33 million tons of oil equivalent in the January-February period. Electric energy resources rose 3.9% to 11.5 billion kWh, fueled by a 3.2% increase in production.