According to data from the National Institute for Statistics (INS), Romania’s electricity consumption in the first ten months of 2024 reached 41.55 TWh, marking a 1.3% increase compared to the same period in 2023. Industrial electricity consumption was 31.54 TWh, up by 0.9%, while household consumption amounted to 9.69 TWh, a 3% increase. Public lighting consumption, however, fell by 2.4%, totaling approximately 327.2 GWh.
Total electricity production in Romania for the first ten months of 2024 stood at 43.75 TWh, representing an 8.3% decline from the previous year. Production from thermal power plants decreased by 1.2%, reaching 14.06 TWh, while hydropower production fell by 21.3%, totaling 12.53 TWh. Production from the Cernavoda nuclear power plant also decreased by 4.3%, amounting to 8.91 TWh. Wind power production dropped by 18.2% to 5.07 TWh, but solar power generation saw a significant increase, rising by 55.1% to 3.18 TWh.
Electricity exports for January-October 2024 were 9.1 TWh, 3.6% lower than the same period in 2023, while imports surged by 59.7%, reaching 10.82 TWh.
In terms of primary energy resources, Romania’s total production in the first ten months of 2024 was 14,095.5 million tons of oil equivalent, 4.9% less than in 2023. Coal production declined by 16.9% to 1,594.8 million tons of oil equivalent, oil production fell by 3.9% to 2,246.4 million tons of oil equivalent, while natural gas production increased by 1.2% to 6,238.8 million tons of oil equivalent.
