Romania, Electricity consumption in Romania in Q1 2022 amounted to 13.93 TWh

According to the data published by the National Institute for Statistics (INS), electricity consumption in Romania in the first quarter of 2022 amounted to 13.93 TWh, which is 3.7 % less compared to the same period in 2021.

The data show that industrial electricity consumption reached 10.24 TWh, which is 2 % less compared to the same period last year. Household electricity consumption amounted to 3.53 TWh, which is a 4.4 % decrease. Public lighting consumption rose by 1.3 % amounting to some 148.6 GWh.

Total electricity production reached 14.88 TWh in the first three months of 2022, which is 5.7 % less compared to the same period in 2021. Production in thermal power plants decreased by 7 % and reached 5.63 TWh. Production in hydropower plants decreased by 25.2 % to 3.37 TWh, while electricity production in nuclear power plant Cernavoda increased by 4.7 % to 3.02 TWh. Production of wind power in January-March 2022 rose by 23.9 % compared to the same period of 2021, reaching 2.5 TWh. Solar power production reached 348.5 GWh, 18.3 % more compared to the first quarter of 2021.

Electricity exports in January-March 2022 amounted to 1.46 TWh, which is by 9.3 % less compared to the same period in 2021. At the same time electricity imports increased by 13.1 % and amounted to 2.12 TWh.