Electricity consumption in Romania increased in the first quarter of 2025, according to data released by the National Institute for Statistics (INS). Total electricity consumption reached 13.08 TWh, marking a 1.3 percent rise compared to the same period in 2024.
Industrial electricity consumption amounted to 9.82 TWh, a slight increase of 0.2 percent year-on-year. Household consumption rose more significantly, by 4.9 percent, totaling 3.15 TWh. On the other hand, electricity used for public lighting declined by 3.8 percent, settling at approximately 109.3 GWh.
Despite the growth in consumption, total electricity production in Romania fell to 13.17 TWh, which is a 14.4 percent decrease compared to the first quarter of 2024. Thermal power plant output declined by 2.2 percent to 5.21 TWh. Hydropower generation experienced a sharp drop of 38.3 percent, totaling 2.73 TWh. Nuclear production from the Cernavodă plant slightly decreased by 1.6 percent to 2.95 TWh.
Wind power generation also suffered a significant reduction, down 24.6 percent to 1.61 TWh. In contrast, solar power generation saw a notable increase of 34.2 percent, reaching 665.4 GWh.
Romania’s electricity exports in the first quarter of 2025 stood at 3.21 TWh, a marginal drop of 0.8 percent compared to the previous year. Meanwhile, electricity imports surged by 99.2 percent, reaching 4.55 TWh—highlighting a growing reliance on external sources to meet domestic demand.
In terms of primary energy resources, total production amounted to 4,209.2 million tons of oil equivalent in the first three months of 2025, a decline of 6.1 percent compared to the same period last year. Coal production was down by 2.2 percent to 505 million tons of oil equivalent. Oil production fell by 7.4 percent to 631.7 million tons, while natural gas output dropped by 1.3 percent to 1,918.1 million tons of oil equivalent.
The figures suggest a complex energy landscape for Romania, with growing domestic demand and declining production prompting increased reliance on electricity imports.
