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.
Andrei Găluț, the lead singer of the band Goodbye to Gravity, which was on stage when the fire broke out in the Colectiv club on October 2015, launched a new project honoring the victims of the tragedies that have marked Romania over the past decade. The Memento Project, created as a charitable project together with […]
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Romania’s construction sector accounted for almost 8% of GDP over the past four quarters, the highest share across the entire European Union, according to Eurostat data analysed by investment company Colliers. This level is well above the EU-27 average of 5%. Moreover, Romania recorded the second-fastest post-pandemic growth in construction activity within the European Union, according […]
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Bucharest’s ARCUB Cultural Center will open The Art of the Game (TAG) on November 8 - a large-scale cultural event dedicated to video games and related arts. Curated by Elvira Lupșa, the four-month exhibition and event series will run until March 1, 2026, at ARCUB - Hanul Gabroveni, featuring workshops, talks and multimedia performances. The […]
Mercenary Horațiu Potra, who faces charges of attempting to undermine constitutional order in Romania, has expressed his intention to return to the country voluntarily rather than wait for extradition from the United Arab Emirates, his lawyer confirmed on Thursday, October 30, as reported by
