Primary energy resources, including imports, totaled 20.93 million TOE in January-August, declining by an annual 6.3%, INS said in a press release. Imports accounted for 49.9% of total resources, or 10.44 million TOE, down by an annual 8.4%.
The country’s electricity resources, including domestic production and imports, totaled 46.16 TWh in the review period, rising by 0.5% year-on-year. Domestic electricity production increased by 3.1% to 34.34 TWh.
Thermal plants accounted for 30.1% of domestic generation, wind power for 11.9%, solar power for 15%, hydropower accounted for 26.7% of domestic generation and nuclear power for 16.2%.
Thermal power plants generated 10.33 TWh of electricity in the eight months through August, down 5.1% year-on-year.
Wind farms generated 4.1 TWh of electricity, up by 8.9% year-on-year, while solar power generation surged by 47.9% to 5.16 TWh.
Hydropower output rose by 13.5% to 9.17 TWh, while electricity generation by Romania’s sole nuclear power plant at Cernavoda fell by 21.5% to 5.55 TWh.
The plant’s two 700 MW reactors were shut down in August 2026 due to exceptionally low Danube water levels caused by severe drought. The shutdown is expected to last until at least October 21, energy ministry state secretary Cristian Busoi said, citing water levels only marginally above the safety threshold set by the National Committee for Emergency Situations (CNSU). The Cernavoda plant normally covers around 20% of Romania’s electricity needs.
Final electricity consumption decreased by an annual 4% to 32.02 TWh in January-August.
Romania’s electricity exports increased by 12.4% year-on-year to 10.51 TWh in the first eight months of 2026, while imports fell by 6.3% to 11.82 TWh.
The country produced 1.553 million TOE of crude oil, down 6.9% year-on-year, and 1.049 million TOE of coal, down 17%, in January-August. Natural gas production edged down by 0.4% to 4.948 million TOE.
TOE is the amount of energy equivalent to that released by burning one metric ton of crude oil.