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TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES
| Fossil fuels | Nuclear | Renewables | |||||
| Solid | Liquid | Gas | Uranium | Hydro | Other renewable |
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| Total amount in specific units* | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | |
| Total amount in exajoules (EJ) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | |
TABLE 2. ENERGY CONSUMPTION
| Final Energy consumption [PJ] | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2019 | Compound annual growth rate 2000–2019 (%) |
| Total | 1 019 | 1 118 | 991 | 954 | 1 037 | 0.09 |
| Coal, Lignate and Peat | 59 | 87 | 44 | 41 | 37 | -2.43 |
| Oil | 269 | 324 | 275 | 318 | 377 | 1.79 |
| Natural gas | 303 | 343 | 283 | 235 | 250 | -1.01 |
| Bioenergy and Waste | 117 | 135 | 170 | 151 | 162 | 1.73 |
| Electricity | 122 | 140 | 148 | 155 | 164 | 1.57 |
| Heat | 150 | 90 | 70 | 54 | 47 | -5.93 |
TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION
| Electricity production (GWh) | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2019 | Compound annual growth rate 2000–2019 (%) |
| Total | 51 934 | 59 413 | 60 979 | 66 296 | 59 623 | 0.73 |
| Coal, Lignate and Peat | 19 300 | 22 138 | 20 742 | 18 220 | 14 018 | -1.67 |
| Oil | 3 399 | 1 894 | 692 | 474 | 598 | -8.74 |
| Natural gas | 9 001 | 9 612 | 7 262 | 9 386 | 8 788 | -0.13 |
| Bioenergy and Waste | 0 | 7 | 111 | 524 | 476 | |
| Hydro | 14 778 | 20 207 | 20 243 | 17 007 | 15 915 | 0.39 |
| Nuclear | 5 456 | 5 555 | 11 623 | 11 640 | 11 280 | 3.90 |
| Wind | 0 | 0 | 306 | 7 063 | 6 771 | |
| Solar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 982 | 1 777 | |
| Geothermal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS
2000 |
2005 |
2010 |
2015 |
2019* |
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| Nuclear/total electricity (%) | 10 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 19 |
TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2020
| Reactor Unit | Type | Net Capacity [MW(e)] |
Status | Operator | Reactor Supplier |
Construction Date |
First Criticality Date |
First Grid Date |
Commercial Date |
Shutdown Date |
UCF for 2020 |
| CERNAVODA-1 | PHWR | 650 | Operational | SNN | AECL | 3/31/1983 | 4/16/1996 | 7/11/1996 | 12/2/1996 | 86.5 | |
| CERNAVODA-2 | PHWR | 650 | Operational | SNN | AECL | 7/1/1983 | 5/6/2007 | 8/7/2007 | 11/1/2007 | 99.0 | |
| CERNAVODA-3 | PHWR | 655 | Suspended Constr. | SNN | AECL | 2/9/1984 | |||||
| CERNAVODA-4 | PHWR | 655 | Suspended Constr. | SNN | AECL | 8/15/1985 | |||||
| CERNAVODA-5 | PHWR | 655 | Cancelled Constr. | SNN | AECL | 5/12/1987 | 3/11/2014 |
| Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). | |||||||||||
| Note: Table is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report. |
TABLE 7. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
| Reactor unit/Project name | Owner | Type | Gross capacity in MW(e) | Expected construction start year | Expected commercial year |
| Cernavoda 3 | IPP | CANDU 6 | 720 | 2024 | 2030 |
| Cernavoda 4 | IPP | CANDU 6 | 720 | 2024 | 2031 |