According to the data published by the National Institute for Statistics (INS), electricity consumption in Romania in the first eleven months of 2021 amounted to 50.82 TWh, which is 4.7 % more compared to the same period in 2020.
The data show that industrial electricity consumption reached 37.78 TWh, which is 3.9 % more compared to the same period last year. On
the other hand, household electricity consumption amounted to 12.56 TWh, which is a 6.9 % increase. Public lighting consumption rose by 5 % amounting to some 480.8 GWh.
Total electricity production reached 53.72 TWh in the first eleven months of the year, which is 6.1 % more compared to the same period in 2020.
Production in thermal power plants increased by 10.2 % and reached 20.05 TWh. Production in hydropower plants increased by 13.1 % to 16.05 TWh, while electricity production in nuclear power plant Cernavoda decreased by 1.6 % to 10.25 TWh. Production of wind power dropped by 7.7 % compared to the same period of 2020, reaching 5.7 TWh. Solar power production reached 1.66 TWh, 0.3 % less compared to the eleven months of 2020.
Electricity exports in January-November 2021 amounted to 5.34 TWh, which is by 22.1 % more compared to the same period in 2020. At the
same time electricity imports increased by 4 % and amounted to 7.3 TWh.
Total production of primary energy resources in the first eleven months of 2021 amounted to 16,933 million tons of oil equivalent, which is 2.2 % more than in 2020. Coal production reached 2,958 million tons of oil equivalent (+ 17.5 %), oil production reached 2,848 million tons of oil equivalent (- 4.1 %), while production of natural gas reached 6,599 million tons of oil equivalent (- 0.4 %).
