Romania’s energy resources, including imports, totaled 8.161 million TOE in January-March, rising by an annual 5.7%, the statistical office said in a statement. Imports amounted to 48.4% of the aggregate resources, or 3.952 million TOE, up by an annual 22.1%.
Romania’s own electricity output and imports totaled 17.716 TWh combined in the review period, up 0.3% year-on-year. Domestic electricity production alone dropped by 14.4% to 13.17 TWh. Thermal power accounted for 42.8% of the total output, hydropower for 20.7%, nuclear power for 22.4%, while wind and solar power had shares of 12.3% and 5.1%, respectively.
Thermal power plants generated some 5.211 TWh of electricity in the three months through March, down 2.2% year-on-year.
The country’s hydropower output plummeted by 38.3% on the year to 2.727 TWh, marking the largest decrease among energy sources.
Electricity generation by Cernavoda, Romania’s sole nuclear power plant, fell by an annual 1.6% in January-March, to 2.953 TWh.
Wind farms generated some 1.614 TWh of electricity, down by 24.6% year-on-year, while solar plants generated 665.4 GWh, up 34.2%.
Final electricity consumption inched up by an annual 1.3% to 13.082 TWh in the review period. Technological consumption in power plants fell by 6.2% to 1.42 TWh.
Romania’s electricity exports decreased by 0.8% on the year to 3.215 TWh in the first three months of 2025, while imports saw a 99.2% surge to 4.546 TWh.
The country produced 631,700 TOE of crude oil, down 7.4% year-on-year, and 505,000 TOE of coal, down 2.2%, in January-March. Natural gas production fell 1.3% year-on-year, to 1.918 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.