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In 2017 Romania produced  less electricity than in 2016 and 2015

In 2017 Romania produced  63.6 Terawatt/hour with 2% less than in 2016 and with 2.4% less  than in 2015 the data of a report conceived by British Petroleum (BP)says.

The biggest productions of electricity  of Europe were in Germany (654.2 terawatt/hour) France (554.1 terawatt/hour) and the UK (335.9 terawatt/hour).

Big productions of electricity were recorded in Italy (295.6 terawatt/hour) Turkey (295.5 terawatt/hour) and Spain (275.4 terawatt/hour).

At  global level, the biggest production is in China which in 2017 produced 6495.1 terrawatt/hour with 6.2% more than in 2016. Second is the US with 4281.8 terrawatt/hour with 1.3% less than in 2016. And the third producer of electricity is India, with 1497 terrawatt/hour with 5.6% more than in 2016.

Per category of sources used for the generation of electricity in Europe the most used was nuclear energy with a total of 850.6 terrawatt/hour. Second is coal which generated a total of 841.4 terrawatt and natural gas with 774.6 terrawatt/hour

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