Romania’s primary energy resources, including imports, totaled 18.138 million TOE in January-July 2026, dropping by an annual 6.2%, INS data also show. Imports accounted for 48.9% of the aggregate resources, or 8.873 million TOE, down by an annual 9.4%.
The country’s electricity output, including domestic production and imports, totaled 40.357 TWh combined in the review period, edging up 0.1% year-on-year. Domestic electricity production alone rose by 3.8% to 30.288 TWh. Thermal power accounted for 29.1% of the total output, hydropower for 27.7%, nuclear power for 17.7%, while wind and solar power had shares of 12% and 13.5%, respectively.
Thermal power plants generated some 8.816 TWh of electricity in the seven months through July, down 7.9% year-on-year.
The country’s hydropower output rose by 16.4% on the year to 8.392 TWh.
Electricity generation by Cernavoda, Romania’s sole nuclear power plant, fell by an annual 12.3% in January-July, to 5.356 TWh.
Wind farms generated some 3.623 TWh of electricity, up by 6.7% year-on-year, while solar plants generated 4.101 TWh, surging by 41.5%.
Final electricity consumption dropped by an annual 4.3% to 28.076 TWh in the review period. Technological consumption in power plants rose by 13.3% to 3.244 TWh.
Romania’s electricity exports increased by 11.5% on the year to 9.036 TWh in the first seven months of 2026, while imports saw a 9.5% drop to 10.069 TWh.
The country produced 1.358 million TOE of crude oil, down 7.1% year-on-year, and 884,200 TOE of coal, down 18.7%, in January-July. Natural gas production edged down by 0.2% year-on-year, to 4.325 million TOE.
Romania’s energy production fell 2.3% to 16.527 million TOE in 2025. TOE is the rounded-off amount of energy that would be produced by burning one metric ton of crude oil.