Romania’s energy resources, including imports, totaled 2.725 million TOE in January, edging up by an annual 2.8%, as per statistical data. Imports amounted to 47.5% of the aggregate resources, or 1.294 million TOE, up by an annual 14.3%.
Romania’s own electricity output and imports totaled 6.095 TWh combined in the review period, down 1.3% year-on-year. Domestic electricity production alone dropped by 19.1% to 4.409 TWh. Thermal power accounted for 43.1% of the total output, hydropower for 19.8%, nuclear power for 23.2%, while wind and solar power had shares of 11.3% and 2.7%, respectively.
Thermal power plants generated some 1.9 TWh of electricity in January, down 4.7% year-on-year.
The country’s hydropower output plummeted by 42.6% on the year to 871.6 GWh, marking the largest decrease among energy sources.
Electricity generation by Cernavoda, Romania’s sole nuclear power plant, ticked down by an annual 0.2% in January, to 1.022 TWh.
Wind farms generated some 498 GWh of electricity, down by 38.2% year-on-year, while solar plants generated 117 GWh, up 10.4%.
Final electricity consumption inched down by an annual 1.4% to 4.46 TWh in the review period. Technological consumption in power plants fell by 10.3% to 522 GWh.
Romania’s electricity exports increased by 4% on the year to 1.113 TWh in January, while imports saw a 132% surge to 1.686 TWh.
The country produced 219,000 TOE of crude oil, down 5.5% year-on-year, and 172,100 TOE of coal, up 3.9%, in January. Natural gas production remained flat year-on-year, at 661,700 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.