Romania’s energy resources, including imports, totaled 28.347 million TOE in January-October 2025, rising by an annual 4.9%, the statistical office said in a statement. Imports amounted to 51.6% of the aggregate resources, or 14.637 million TOE, up by an annual 13.3%.
Romania’s own electricity output and imports totaled 57.219 TWh in the review period, up 4.8% year-on-year. Domestic electricity production alone fell 4.5% to 41.784 TWh. Thermal power accounted for 33.1% of the total output, hydropower for 23.5%, nuclear power for 21.7%, while wind and solar power had shares of 11.5% and 10.3%, respectively.
Thermal power production amounted to 13.813 TWh in the ten months through October, falling by 1.8% year-on-year. The hydropower output dropped by 21.7% on the year to 9.817 TWh, marking the largest decrease across all energy sources.
Electricity generation by Cernavoda, Romania’s sole nuclear power plant, advanced by an annual 1.6% in January-October, to 9.053 TWh.
Wind farms generated some 4.818 TWh of electricity, down by 4.9% year-on-year, while solar plants, including those of prosumers, generated 4.284 TWh, up 34.9%.
Final electricity consumption edged down by an annual 0.2% to 41.457 TWh in the review period. Technological consumption in power plants inched up by 1.8% to 3.989 TWh.
Romania’s electricity exports increased by 29.3% on the year to 11.773 TWh in the first ten months of 2025, while imports surged by 42.6% to 15.435 TWh.
The country produced 2.073 million TOE of crude oil, down 7.7% year-on-year, and 1.581 million TOE of coal, down 0.9%, in January-October. Natural gas production fell 1.2% year-on-year, to 6.209 million TOE.
Romania’s energy production fell 4.6% to 16.916 million TOE in 2024. TOE is the rounded-off amount of energy that would be produced by burning one metric ton of crude oil.