Primary energy and electricity resources increased, in the first five months of this year, by 5.7% and 3.4%, respectively, compared to the same period in 2024, and final electricity consumption advanced 1.3%, the same data show.
Thus, the main primary energy resources, between January 1 and May 31, 2025, totaled 13.519 million tons of oil equivalent (toe), an increase of 726,900 toe compared to the same period of 2024.
Domestic production amounted to 6.906 million toe, down 342,000 toe (-4.7%) compared to the level reported for the January 1 – May 31, 2024 period, and imports stood at 6.612 million toe, up 1.068 million toe (+19.3%).
During this period, electricity resources totaled 28.809 billion kWh, up 945.9 million kWh compared to the period between January 1 and May 31, 2024.
Production from thermal power plants totaled 6.994 billion kWh, down 6.3 million kWh (-0.1%), while production from hydroelectric power plants stood at 5.177 billion kWh, down 2.068 billion kWh (-28.5%), and that from nuclear power plants reached 4.602 billion kWh, down 74.4 million kWh (-1.6%).
At the same time, production from wind power plants was 2.616 billion kWh in the first five months of 2025, lower by 446.7 million kWh compared to the same period of 2024, and solar energy produced in photovoltaic installations exceeded 1.619 billion kWh, higher by 394.4 million kWh, year-on-year.
According to INS data, between January 1 and May 31, 2025, final electricity consumption totaled 20.912 billion kWh, 1.3% higher than the level reported in the January 1 – May 31, 2024 interval, while final electricity consumption in the economy remained unchanged. Household electricity consumption increased by 5.7%, while public lighting saw an 8.4% decline in the analyzed period.
Statistical data also show that electricity exports stood at 5.723 billion kWh in January-May 2025, higher by 771.9 million kWh than the level recorded in the same period of 2024.
Also, own technological consumption in networks and stations was 2.173 billion kWh, lower by 85.5 million kWh than in the same interval of 2024.