April 15 (SeeNews) - Romania's energy output fell by an annual 0.3% in January-February, to 2.971 million tonnes of oil equivalent (TOE), the statistical office said on Monday, citing provisional data.
Romania's energy resources, including imports, totalled 5.201 million TOE in the first two months of the year, up by 1.5% on the year, the statistical office said in a statement. Imports amounted to 2.23 million TOE, up by an annual 4.8%.
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Romania's own electricity output and imports totalled 11.721 TWh in January-February, registering no year-on-year growth.
Thermal power plants generated some 3.7 TWh of electricity in the two months through February, decreasing by 2.9% on the year, while the output of hydropower stations fell by an annual 0.4% to 2.96 TWh.
Electricity generation by Cernavoda, Romania’s sole nuclear power plant, inched up by 0.8% to 1.98 TWh in January-February.
Wind farms generated some 1.55 TWh of electricity, down by an annual 15.2%, while solar plants generated 245.6 MWh, up by an annual 47.2%.
Final electricity consumption rose by an annual 1.7% to 8.61 TWh in January-February.
Romania’s electricity exports dropped by an annual 5.8% to 2.05 TWh in January-February, while imports jumped 31.5% on the year to 1.28 TWh.
The country produced 449,400 TOE of crude oil, down 2.9% on the year, and 344,600 TOE of coal, down 5.6%, in the year's first two months. Natural gas production edged up 2% year-on-year, reaching 1.283 million TOE.
Romania's energy production fell 0.8% to 17.9 million TOE in 2023.
TOE is the rounded-off amount of energy that would be produced by burning one metric tonne of crude oil.