Romania’s net coal production totaled, in the first five months of 2022, almost 1.2 million tons of oil equivalent, being 1.5% (17,800 toe) lower than in the same period in 2021, according to data centralized by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

In the mentioned period, Romania imported 252,500 tep of net coal, 90,000 tep (55.4%) more than the amount imported last year, in the same interval, according to Agerpres.

The National Strategy and Forecast Commission estimates for 2022 a coal production of 3.325 million toe, up 10.1% compared to 2021, and imports of 420,000 toe, up 2.8%. For 2023, CNSP forecasts a production of 3.595 million toe, up by 8.1%, and imports of 420,000 toe, down by 0.1%.

According to the National Energy Strategy, total coal production will decrease from 32 TWh in 2030 to 12 TWh in 2050, continuing the trend of decreasing coal in the energy mix (45 TWh, in 2020).

For the year 2030, the modeling results in the chosen Optimum Scenario show that the energy produced from coal will register a slight decrease, to 15.8 TWh, and will have a weight of 20.6%.