National electricity consumption in Romania decreased by 5.7% in the first 11 months of 2023, y-o-y, to a total of 44.664 billion kWh, according to data published on Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INS).Commercial electricity consumption stood at 33.900 billion kWh, down 4.6%, while households used 8.6%, or 10.393 billion kWh, less electricity.At the same time, public lighting reported a decrease by 19.7%, to 370.2 million kWh, and technological self-consumption in networks and stations was 4.488 billion kWh, decreasing by 1.9%.According to INS data, electricity exports amounted to 10.426 billion kWh, up 3.884 billion kWh. Technological self-consumption in networks and stations was 4.488 billion kWh, down 88.6 million kWh.Between January 1 and November 30, 2023, primary energy sources decreased by 3%, and electricity sources increased by 1.8% y-o-y.The main primary energy sources in the first 11 months of 2023 totalled 30.049 million tonnes of oil equivalent (toe), down 933,000 toe y-o-y.Domestic production totalled 16.420 million toe, down 81,800 toe (-0.5%) y-o-y, and import was 13.629 million toe, down 851,200 toe (-5.9%).Thermal power stations generated 15.976 billion kWh of electricity, down 3.609 billion kWh (-18.4%). Hydropower plants generated 17.149 billion kWh of electricity, up 4.269 billion kWh (+33.1%), and nuclear power plants generated 10.176 billion kWh of electricity, up 111.3 million kWh (+1.1%).January 1 - November 30, 2023, wind power plants generated 6.930 billion kWh, which is an increase by 526.5 million kWh y-o-y, and photovoltaic installations gave 1.602 billion kWh, down 120.1 million kWh y-o-y.
Romania was formally designated the 43rd country to join the US Visa Waiver Program (VWP) on Friday, January 10. According to the Romanian ambassador to Washington, Andrei Muraru, Romanian citizens will be able to travel to the US without the need for a visa starting March 31, 2025. "Romania becomes the first country in the […]
Cluj-Napoca, the city in Romania with some of the highest rents and a fast-growing IT industry, is closer to banning smoking in playgrounds and parks after mayor Emil Boc expressed his support for the measure. The mayor cited the prioritization of public health as the reason behind such a ban. He mentioned that he has […]
Romania's Sibiu County Emergency Clinical Hospital will receive a robotic system to prepare cytostatic drugs needed by cancer patients, along with other equipment, after the County Council obtained funds from the European Regional Development Fund. With an estimated value of EUR 1 million, the "Robotic Composition System for Sterile Preparations of Cytostatic Drugs" is among […]
Romania’s government adopted in its January 10 meeting a decision granting an extra day off to public sector employees at the beginning of May. Thus, Friday, May 2, will be an official day off for public sector workers, linking the legal holiday of May 1 (Labor Day) with the weekend (May 3-4). This...
The Ministry of Environment announced that 2024 was the hottest year in the history of Romania's meteorological records. Red alerts for heat waves began in June of 2024, with the longest consecutive periods of persistent and intense heat waves, six consecutive days, between July 13-18 and August 15-20. "The year 2024 is the hottest year...
Supporters of former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu gathered outside the Parliament Palace in Bucharest, which houses the Constitutional Court, on January 10, demanding a rerun of the second round of the presidential elections. The protest, dubbed "The Great Judicial Union," was initiated by Georgescu, who called on his supporters to challenge the election annulment, as […]
