Romania

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

 Fossil fuels Nuclear  Renewables
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro Other
renewable
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 STATISTICS

1980 1992 2000 2010 2015 2016 Compound annual growth rate (%)
2000 to year*
Energy consumption [EJ]**
GROSS INLAND		            
- Total — 1.931 1.523 1.458 1.333 1.325 0.991
- Solids*** — 0.448 0.313 0,289 0.245 0.221 0.978
- Liquids — 0.511 0.411 0.352 0.360 0.360 0.992
- Gases — 0.876 0.573 0.456 0.377 0.381 0.975
- Nuclear — 0.000 0.056 0.119 0.119 0.116 1.046
- Hydro + wind + photovoltaic — 0.057 0.051 0.066 0.070 0.079 1.028
- Other/Renewables — 0.039 0.120 0.175 0.161 0.168 1.021
Energy production [EJ]
PRIMARY		            
- Total — 1.391 1.177 1.148 1.105 1.038 0.992
- Solids*** — 0.448 0.313 0.289 0.245 0.221 0.983
- Liquids — 0.511 0.411 0.352 0.360 0.360 0.969
- Gases — 0.876 0.573 0.456 0.377 0.381 0.979
- Nuclear — 0.000 0.056 0.119 0.119 0.116 1.046
- Hydro + wind + photovoltaic — 0.057 0.051 0.066 0.070 0.079 1.038
- Other/Renewables — 0.039 0.120 0.175 0.161 0.168 1.022
Net import (Import-Export) [EJ]            
- Total — 0.581 0.334 0.301 0.221 0.290 0.991

TABLE 3. INSTALLED CAPACITY, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

1980
1992		 2000 2010 2015 2016 Compound annual growth rate (%)
2000 to year*
Capacity of electrical plants GW(e) N            
- Thermal — 16 15 12 10.9 10.8 0.980
- Nuclear — … 0.7 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.044
- Hydro — 6 6 6 7 7 1.010
- Wind + photovoltaic — … … 0.4 4.5 4.4 1.491
- Geothermal — … … … … …
- Other/Renewables — … … … … …
- Total GW(e) — 22 22 20 23.8 23.6 1.004
Electricity production (TWh) G            
- Thermal — 42 32 29 28.7 29.6 0.995
- Nuclear — … 5 12 11.6 11.3 1.052
- Hydro — 12 15 20 17 18.5 1.013
- Wind + photovoltaic — … … 0.3 9 8.4 1.743
- Geothermal — … … … … …  
- Other renewable — … … … … …  
- Total** — 54 52 61 66.3 65.1 1.014

Total electricity consumption (TWh)		 — 53 43 52 52 53 1.013

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

1980
1992		 2000 2010 2015 2016
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) —  85 68  72 67 67 
Electricity consumption per capita (kWh/capita) —  2 326 1 917  2 581 2 624  2 690
Electricity production/Energy production (%) —  14  16  19 19  23
Nuclear/total electricity (%) —  —  10  19 18  17
Ratio of external dependency (%)** —  28.0  22.7  21.2 17.1  21.6

TABLE 5. STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor unit Type Net capacity
[MW(e)]		 Operator Status Reactor supplier Construction date Grid
date 		Commercial date Shutdown/
Cancellation date		 UCF
for year 2017
Cernavoda 1 PHWR 650 SNN Operational AECL 01.07.1982 11.07.1996 02.12.1996 n.a. 97.14%
Cernavoda 2 PHWR 650 SNN Operational AECL 01.07.1983 07.08.2007 31.10.2007 n.a. 89.72%

TABLE 6. STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor unit Shutdown reason Decommission strategy Current decommissioning phase Current fuel management phase Decommissioning licensee Licence termination year
n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.
n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a.

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 2021 2027
Cernavoda 4 IPP CANDU 6 720 2021 2027