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Cernavodă: Unit 1 runs at 50% power, decision on restarting Unit 2 expected on Monday

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Romania | 8 Nov 2026

Unit 1 of the Cernavodă nuclear power plant, reconnected to the national power system on Friday, was running at 50% of capacity on Saturday, Prime Minister Luca Niculescu said at the plant. The decision on restarting Unit 2, which depends on the Danube's flow, is expected on Monday, and the government is making the Bala 2 project a priority.

Day-ahead price today in Romania (€/MWh)

01:00 323.82
02:00 340.03
03:00 346.63
04:00 360.98
05:00 323.64
06:00 322.35
07:00 408.93
08:00 446.57
09:00 475.99
10:00 455.56
11:00 426.61
12:00 426.77
13:00 468.73
14:00 503.29
15:00 554.02
16:00 561.16
17:00 514.74
18:00 491.94
19:00 455.35
20:00 455.60
21:00 413.29
22:00 290.17
23:00 253.56
00:00 227.74

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Romania's consumption today (MW)

00:00–01:00 · 5,924 MW 00:00 01:00–02:00 · 5,687 MW 01:00 02:00–03:00 · 5,702 MW 02:00 03:00–04:00 · 5,723 MW 03:00 04:00–05:00 · 5,668 MW 04:00 05:00–06:00 · 5,903 MW 05:00 06:00–07:00 · 6,495 MW 06:00 07:00–08:00 · 7,159 MW 07:00 08:00–09:00 · 7,455 MW 08:00 09:00–10:00 · 7,303 MW 09:00 10:00–11:00 · 6,938 MW 10:00 11:00–12:00 · 6,727 MW 11:00 12:00–13:00 · 6,761 MW 12:00 13:00–14:00 · 6,765 MW 13:00 14:00–15:00 · 6,949 MW 14:00 15:00–16:00 · 7,391 MW 15:00 16:00–17:00 · 7,516 MW 16:00 7,516MW16:00–17:00

● low-consumption hours ● average consumption ● peak hours

Quick data

Romania 410.3 €/MWh ▲ 5.7%

France 304.5 €/MWh ▼ 8.9%

updated 16:14

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