Romania’s electricity imports shrink fivefold y/y to 1.8% of internal consumption
Romania’s electricity production rose by 6.2% y/y to 22.3 TWh in January-May, while the internal consumption (end-user and technological) contracted by 1.6% y/y to 22.7 TWh – resulting in a much smaller net reliance on imports.
iulian ernst · Journalist
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Romania’s electricity production rose by 6.2% y/y to 22.3 TWh in January-May, while the internal consumption (end-user and technological) contracted by 1.6% y/y to 22.7 TWh – resulting in a much smaller net reliance on imports.
While the net imports plunged fivefold y/y to 0.4 TWh or 1.8% of internal consumption (9.0% in the same period last year), the gross imports contracted by only 11.8% y/y to 6.9 TWh and remained at 30.3% of total internal consumption. The expensive imports at peak hours, coupled with exports carried out at low prices during solar installations’ high output, put pressure on internal prices.
