Final electricity consumption in the first two months of 2024 was 8.616 billion kWh, 1.7% higher than in the same period in 2023, while domestic production totaled 2.971 million toe, down 23,000 toe (-0.8%), according to data published on Monday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).The final consumption of electricity in the economy increased by 3%, public lighting increased by 12%, and population consumption decreased by 2.6%.Between January 1 and February 29, 2024, primary energy resources increased by 1.5%, and electricity resources remained constant, compared to the same period last year. The main primary energy resources totaled 5.201 million tons of oil equivalent (toe), an increase of 78,400 toe compared to the period January 1 - February 28, 2023.Domestic production totaled 2.971 million toe, down 23,000 toe (-0.8%) compared to the period January 1 - February 28, 2023, and import was 2.230 million toe, up 101,400 toe (+4,8%).In this period, the electricity resources were 11.721 billion kWh, an increase of 3.7 million kWh compared to the period January 1 - February 28, 2023.Production from thermal power plants was 3.700 billion kWh, down by 108.9 million kWh (-2.9%). Production from hydropower plants was 2.959 billion kWh, down by 12.4 million kWh (-0.4%), and that from nuclear power plants was 1.980 billion kWh, up by 16.5 million kWh (+0.8%).The production from wind power plants, in the period January 1 - February 29, 2024, was 1.552 billion kWh, down by 277.4 million kWh compared to the period January 1 - February 28, 2023, and the solar energy produced in photovoltaic installations in this period was 245.6 million kWh, an increase of 78.8 million kWh compared to the period January 1 - February 28, 2023.The export of electricity was 2.050 billion kWh, down by 126.2 million kWh. Own technological consumption in networks and stations was 1.055 billion kWh, down by 18.1 million kWh.
June is the richest month. The most awaited two weeks in my annual festival pilgrimage. The route starts with Romania’s Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF), followed by Italy’s (and the world’s) most comprehensive festival for restored and archival film: Il Cinema Ritrovato. To shake up the traditional article on the two, I’ll start with the […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Different Beauty, a recently opened exhibition of works by Czech photographer David Těšínský, offers a glimpse into everyday life in the war-torn region of Donbas in 2017. The photos were taken within the span of only a few days, as Těšínský traveled to eastern Ukraine to document the lives of women impacted by war. In […]
Roughly 70% of Romanians are “very” or “moderately” concerned about how AI accesses and uses their data, according to the latest survey conducted by RoCoach in partnership with Novel Research between May and June 2025. Distrust in automated decision-making and the demand for regulation are becoming more pronounced, as Romania rolls out major digitalization projects […]
The Armenian Street Festival returns for a 9th edition between August 1 and 3, 2025, in the “Dimitrie Brândză” Botanical Garden in Bucharest. The festival brings into focus the living heritage of the Armenian community in Romania and the diaspora. According to the organizers, this year’s edition aims to strengthen the Bucharest–Chișinău–Yerevan cultural axis, articulated […]
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions market registered a total of 122 announced transactions in the first half of 2025, with a value exceeding EUR 2.7 billion, marking a slight increase of 6% in volume and 4% in value compared to the same period last year, according to an analysis by George Ureche, partner at PwC Romania. […]
