Romania’s energy resources, including imports, totaled 19.29 million TOE in January-July 2025, rising by an annual 3.9%, the statistical office said in a statement. Imports amounted to 50.5% of the aggregate resources, or 9.747 million TOE, up by an annual 13%.
Romania’s own electricity output and imports totaled 40.34 TWh in the review period, up 3.9% year-on-year. Domestic electricity production alone fell 7.6% to 29.21 TWh. Thermal power accounted for 32.8% of the total output, hydropower for 24.7%, nuclear power for 20.9%, while wind and solar power had shares of 11.6% and 10%, respectively.
Thermal power production amounted to 9.573 TWh in the seven months through July, falling by 3.5% year-on-year.
The country’s hydropower output dropped by 26% on the year to 7.208 TWh, marking the largest decrease across all energy sources.
Electricity generation by Cernavoda, Romania’s sole nuclear power plant, inched up by an annual 0.7% in January-July, to 6.105 TWh.
Wind farms generated some 3.398 TWh of electricity, down by 9.6% year-on-year, while solar plants, including those of prosumers, generated 2.93 TWh, up 37.8%.
Final electricity consumption edged up by an annual 0.1% to 29.367 TWh in the review period. Technological consumption in power plants fell by 2.3% to 2.863 TWh.
Romania’s electricity exports increased by 23.8% on the year to 8.106 TWh in the first seven months of 2025, while imports surged by 54.1% to 11.122 TWh.
The country produced 1.46 million TOE of crude oil, down 7.6% year-on-year, and 1.09 million TOE of coal, down 2%, in January-July. Natural gas production fell 2% year-on-year, to 4.34 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 tonne of crude oil.