Final electricity consumption in the first three months of 2021 was of 14.207 billion kWh, 0.5% higher than last year, according to data released Wednesday by the National Institute of Statistics.

Public lighting consumption decreased by 11.9%, and household consumption increased by 9.6%. Electricity exports were of 1.609 billion kWh, down 7.8 million kWh, while own technological consumption in networks and stations was of 1.832 billion kWh, up 105.9 million kWh.

The main primary energy resources between January 1 and March 31, 2021 totaled 8.387 million tons of oil equivalent (toe), decreasing by 194,400 toe compared to the same period in 2020, according to Agerpres.

Domestic production amounted to 4.705 million toe, down 281,900 toe, and imports to 3.682 million toe.

During this period, electricity resources amounted to 17.669 billion kWh, up 171.5 million kWh, compared to the corresponding period of 2020.

Production from thermal power plants was of 6.059 billion kWh, down 144.7 million kWh (-2.3%). Production in hydropower plants was 4.514 billion kWh, up 1.080 billion kWh (+ 31.5%), and that in nuclear power plants was 2.885 billion kWh, down 202.4 million kWh (-6, 6%).

Production from wind power plants in the first quarter of 2021 stood at 2.02 billion kWh, down 291.5 million kWh over the same period of last year, and solar energy during this period was of 294.6 million kWh, decreasing by 37.1 million kWh, as compared to the corresponding period of 2020.