Final electricity consumption in Romania was of 35.164 billion kWh in the first eight months of this year, 5.1% lower than the similar period in 2019, while primary energy resources decreased by 12%, and those of electricity by 3.1%, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INS).

According to the quoted source, the main primary energy resources totaled, on August 31, 2020, 20.442 million tons of oil equivalent (toe), decreasing by 2.778 million toe compared to the first eight months of the previous year.

Also, the domestic production amounted to 11.791 million toe, decreasing by 1.606 million toe compared to the reference period, and the import stood at 8.652 million toe.

During this period, electricity resources amounted to 41.896 billion kWh, down 1.342 billion kWh, compared to January-August 2019.

At the same time, the production from thermal power plants registered in the first eight months of this year was of 12.951 billion kWh, decreasing by 2.377 billion kWh (-15.5%), while the production from hydropower plants was lower by 1.413 billion kWh (-11.7%), up to 10.687 billion kWh, and that of nuclear power plants was 7.333 billion kWh, increasing by 8.7 million kWh (+0.1%), according to Agerpres.

In the first eight months of this year, production from wind power plants stood at 4.775 billion kWh, up 368.1 million kWh from the same period of last year, and solar energy produced was of 1.302 billion kWh, higher by 6.7 million kWh compared to the reference period.

The final consumption of electricity during this period was of 35.164 billion kWh, 5.1% lower than in the corresponding period of 2019, while public lighting decreased by 9.6% and household consumption increased by 3.5%.

Official statistics show that electricity exports amounted to 3.278 billion kWh, up 797.9 million kWh, compared to the first eight months of 2019.

In addition, own technological consumption in networks and stations was of 3.453 billion kWh, down 258.4 million kWh.