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Romania exports almost 1,000 MW of electricity to the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine

February 8, 2024

Romania exports almost 1,000 MW of electricity to the Republic of Moldova on Monday morning, but most of this energy goes on to Ukraine, according to HotNews.ro. This in the conditions where the wind turbines installed in our country produce a huge amount of electricity.   Romania’s electricity production this morning exceeds 9,000 MW, most of it coming, around 10:00, from wind turbines.   They provide more than 2,460 MW, in the context where the entire eastern part of our country is under yellow code of strong wind, snow and blizzard. In total, 3,000 MW of wind turbines are installed in Romania. The second source of energy production is the hydropower plants, which produced 2,415 MW at the mentioned time. Thus, more than half of the country’s production is represented by renewable sources. Romania’s consumption is about 8,200 MW and the total production exceeds 9,100 MW, the difference being exported. According to Transelectrica data, almost 1,000 MW go to the Republic of Moldova. For its part, the Republic of Moldova provides almost all of its consumption (821 MW at the analyzed hour) from its own production (721 MW) and exports to Ukraine a quantity of over 800 MW.   Diesel imports from Romania were, in terms of volume, the most important external source for Ukraine in 2023, according to the Ukrainian customs service, quoted by local media.   Ukrainian imports of diesel fuel from Romania amounted, throughout 2023, to 1.47 million tons, i.e. almost a quarter of the total diesel imports (24%) of the neighboring country at war with Russia, imports which totaled 6.19 million tons.   With this volume, Romania was the most important source of diesel fuel for Ukraine in 2023, the volumes exported from our country to the neighboring country increasing by no less than 81% compared to the previous year.    The data was provided to the specialized press in Ukraine by an organization specializing in information on crude oil and petroleum products markets, A-95 Consulting Group, which used information from the Ukrainian customs service.   After Romania, the largest amounts of diesel were imported from Poland (1.42 billion tons), the Baltic states, Turkey and Greece.

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