Romania January-October Power Output +1.9% On Year

Thermal power output was up 17.9% on the year to 26.45 billion kilowatts hour, while nuclear production increased 1.9% to 9.7 billion KWh, the statistics institute INS said.

Wind farm production increased to 604.7 million KWh in January through October, from a modest 2.1 million KWh in the same period of 2010.

However, hydropower output declined 18% on the year to 13.7 billion KWh, hurt by dry weather.