Romania’s energy resources, including imports, totaled 10.482 million TOE in January-April 2026, edging down by an annual 3.3%, the statistical office said in a statement. Imports amounted to 47.5% of the aggregate resources, or 4.984 million TOE, down by an annual 5.2%.
Romania’s own electricity output and imports totaled 23.834 TWh combined in the review period, up 2.5% year-on-year. Domestic electricity production alone rose by 8.5% to 18.547 TWh. Thermal power accounted for 31.2% of the total output, hydropower for 27.6%, nuclear power for 20.6%, while wind and solar power had shares of 12.9% and 7.7%, respectively.
Thermal power plants generated some 5.784 TWh of electricity in the four months through April, down 3.6% year-on-year.
The country’s hydropower output jumped by 31.5% on the year to 5.119 TWh.
Electricity generation by Cernavoda, Romania’s sole nuclear power plant, fell by an annual 2.9% in January-April, to 3.821 TWh.
Wind farms generated some 2.392 TWh of electricity, up by 12.5% year-on-year, while solar plants generated 1.432 TWh, up 26.4%.
Final electricity consumption inched down by an annual 2.7% to 16.533 TWh in the review period. Technological consumption in power plants rose by 17.8% to 2.153 TWh.
Romania’s electricity exports increased by 16% on the year to 5.149 TWh in the first four months of 2026, while imports saw a 14.4% drop to 5.287 TWh.
The country produced 771,900 TOE of crude oil, down 8.1% year-on-year, and 513,100 TOE of coal, down 18.6%, in January-April 2026. Natural gas production fell 1% year-on-year, to 2.508 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.