Romanian energy production up 4% year-on-year in 2017

Provisional data released by Romania's statistics agency INS shows that Romania's energy production in 2017 increased by 4% year-on-year to 21.
3 million tons of
oil equivalent.

Romanian energy production up 4% year-on-year in 2017

In 2017, Romania's own electricity generation plus electricity imports combined decreased by 3.
4% year-on-year to 67.
29 TWh
.
Electricity exports fell 23.
7% year-on-year to 6.
55 TWh, while electricity imports increased 2.
4% to 3.
65 TWh
.

Last year, coal-fired power plants generated 28.
09 terawatt hours, up 5.
7% year-on-year, and hydroelectric power fell 25.
1% to 14.
76 TWh
.

In 2017, electricity generation from Cernavoda, Romania's only nuclear power plant, increased by 2% to 11.
51 terawatt hours
.
Electricity generated by wind farms rose 10.
2% to 7.
4 terawatt hours
.
Photovoltaic power plants generated 1.
89 terawatt hours, an increase of 2%
compared to the same period last year.

In 2017, final electricity consumption in Romania decreased by 0.
4% to 54.
62 TWh
.

Last year, the total output of crude oil was 3.
42 million tons, down 4.
4% year-on-year; Coal output was 4.
65 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 10.
1%.

The country also produced 8.
33 million mt of natural gas, up 11.
4%
year-on-year.

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