Romania's primary energy resources over January 1 - May 31, 2024 were 5 percent down year-over-year, with the country's main primary energy resources in the reporting period amounting to 12.801 million toe, by 669,800 toe less compared to the year-ago period, shows data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) on Monday.The country's electricity resources were 2.4 percent down from the same period of 2023.The domestic energy output amounted to 7.248 million toe, down by 347,700 toe (-4.6 percent) from the year-ago period, and imports stood at 5.553 million toe (-5.5 percent).Electricity resources over the reporting period totaled 27.855 billion kWh, by 697.1 million kWh less compared to the same period last year.The output of thermal power plants was of 7 billion kWh, down by 501.9 million kWh (-6.7 pct). The hydropower output stood at 7.245 billion kWh, down by 1.791 billion kWh (-19.8 pct) year-over-year, and that of the Cernavoda nuclear power plant was 4.677 billion kWh, up by 57.4 million kWh (+1.2 pct).The wind power output in the first five months of the year stood at 3.063 billion kWh, by 583.9 million kWh less compared to the same period of the previous year, and the photovoltaic energy produced in the reporting period amounted to 1.217 billion kWh, by 444.1 million kWh more compared to the same period of 2023.The final electricity consumption in this period was of 20.656 billion kWh, by 0.3 percent lower year-over-year, while the final electricity consumption dipped 0.1 percent.Public lighting consumption was 4.9 percent lower, while household consumption slid 0.4 percent.Electricity exports in the reporting period stood at 4.941 billion kWh, by 541.7 million kWh less year-over-year, while the own technological consumption in networks and transformer stations was 2.259 billion kWh, by 103.4 million kWh less.
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