The electricity generation capacity is officially almost 21,000 MW

By Edwig Ban
Romania had, officially, on June 19, electricity production capacities with a total installed capacity of 20,654 MW, according to the data of the National Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE).
The official statistics were introduced on the ANRE website, which indicate the existence of installed capacities of 20,654,233 MW in total.
Of the total, 32.4% represent hydro capacities (6,692 MW), 23.2% coal (4,787 MW), 15.5% hydrocarbons (3,210 MW), 14.6% wind (3,021 MW), 6.8% nuclear (1,413 MW), 6.7% solar (1,392 MW) and 0.5% biomass (112 MW).
The “Other” chapter includes capacities based on biogas (20,452 MW), residual heat (4.1 MW), waste (0.63 MW) and geothermal (0.05 MW).
These are only official statistics, and ANRE representatives are in the process of analyzing to determine exactly which of the plants is still operating. “Romania theoretically has a very large installed capacity, 24,000 MW, and they are actually available somewhere at 16,000. The other 8,000 MW are largely megawatts that no longer exist physically or have not been available for a very long time,” said the head of ANRE.
ANRE informed, in November, that it will continue the analysis of the electricity production capacities in order to evaluate their installed power as correctly as possible and published on its website the situation of the installed powers in generation capacities, a situation that is updated periodically.