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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)

01:00 189.14
02:00 182.17
03:00 163.59
04:00 157.06
05:00 152.07
06:00 167.18
07:00 201.89
08:00 229.56
09:00 229.63
10:00 200.09
11:00 177.54
12:00 164.14
13:00 162.44
14:00 176.79
15:00 188.55
16:00 217.38
17:00 228.17
18:00 244.61
19:00 247.47
20:00 238.98
21:00 232.79
22:00 208.16
23:00 219.18
00:00 205.19

Romania's consumption today (MW)

00:00–01:00 · 5,682 MW 00:00 5,682 01:00–02:00 · 5,695 MW 01:00 5,695 02:00–03:00 · 5,560 MW 02:00 5,560 5,560MW02:00–03:00

● low-consumption hours ● average consumption ● peak hours

Quick data

Romania 199.3 €/MWh ▼ 32.5%

France 197.2 €/MWh ▼ 4.5%

updated 02:16

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