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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)

01:00 267.78
02:00 279.53
03:00 286.86
04:00 322.64
05:00 266.72
06:00 296.19
07:00 341.10
08:00 339.49
09:00 405.64
10:00 377.45
11:00 383.66
12:00 382.32
13:00 377.90
14:00 411.78
15:00 396.98
16:00 391.38
17:00 389.41
18:00 423.95
19:00 412.45
20:00 394.74
21:00 408.79
22:00 374.35
23:00 286.98
00:00 243.33

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Romania's consumption today (MW)

00:00–01:00 · 5,871 MW 00:00 01:00–02:00 · 5,836 MW 01:00 02:00–03:00 · 5,750 MW 02:00 03:00–04:00 · 5,706 MW 03:00 04:00–05:00 · 5,609 MW 04:00 05:00–06:00 · 5,822 MW 05:00 06:00–07:00 · 6,390 MW 06:00 07:00–08:00 · 7,059 MW 07:00 08:00–09:00 · 7,320 MW 08:00 09:00–10:00 · 7,159 MW 09:00 10:00–11:00 · 6,843 MW 10:00 11:00–12:00 · 6,458 MW 11:00 12:00–13:00 · 6,290 MW 12:00 13:00–14:00 · 6,524 MW 13:00 14:00–15:00 · 6,750 MW 14:00 15:00–16:00 · 7,171 MW 15:00 16:00–17:00 · 7,564 MW 16:00 17:00–18:00 · 7,926 MW 17:00 18:00–19:00 · 7,933 MW 18:00 19:00–20:00 · 7,816 MW 19:00 20:00–21:00 · 7,659 MW 20:00 21:00–22:00 · 7,223 MW 21:00 22:00–23:00 · 6,560 MW 22:00 23:00–00:00 · 6,308 MW 23:00 6,308MW23:00–00:00

● low-consumption hours ● average consumption ● peak hours

Quick data

Romania 352.6 €/MWh ▼ 14.1%

France 252.2 €/MWh ▼ 17.2%

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