According to the data published by the National Institute for Statistics (INS), electricity consumption in Romania in the first five months of 2022 amounted to 22.23 TWh, which is 4.1 % less compared to the same period in 2021.
The data show that industrial electricity consumption reached 16.38 TWh, which is 3.5 % less compared to the same period last year. Household electricity consumption amounted to 5.59 TWh, which is a 6.3 % decrease. Public lighting consumption rose by 11.1 % amounting to some 256.4 GWh.
Total electricity production reached 24.12 TWh in the first five months of 2022, which is 6.1 % less compared to the same period in 2021. Production in thermal power plants decreased by 3.9 % and reached 8.77 TWh. Production in hydropower plants decreased by 24.7 % to 6.31 TWh, while electricity production in nuclear power plant Cernavoda increased by 2.3 % to 4.66 TWh. Production of wind power in January-May 2022 rose by 22.6 % compared to the same period of 2021, reaching 3.63 TWh. Solar power production reached 744.6 GWh, 11.4 % more compared to the first five months of 2021.
Electricity exports in January-May 2022 amounted to 2.51 TWh, which is by 13.7 % less compared to the same period in 2021. At the same time electricity imports increased by 1.1 % and amounted to 3.11 TWh.
Total production of primary energy resources in the first five months of 2022 amounted to 7,436 million tons of oil equivalent, which is 4.7 % less than in 2021. Coal production reached 1,192.5 million tons of oil equivalent (- 1.5 %), oil production reached 1,224.1 million tons of oil equivalent (- 6.2 %), while production of natural gas reached 2,957.3 million tons of oil equivalent (- 5.6 %).
