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Bulgaria

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Energy market

The price of electricity today

The day-ahead auction result, in Sofia time.

Interval by interval

Average price today 152.96€/MWh 0.153 €/kWh now 84.00€/MWh interval 13:15–13:30 Tomorrow —€/MWh not published yet Last 30 days 154.97€/MWh average weighted by duration

Grid snapshot

Demand, generation and balance, updated every minute.

stale data · as of 13/09/2026, 04:00:00

National consumption
2,494MW
Domestic production
3,640MW
Covers all national consumption; the 1,147 MW surplus (46.0%) goes to export.
Exporting now
85MW
Measured on the interconnectors: 2.3% of current production flows to neighbours.
▼ −754 MW vs a day ago
Solar production
0MW
Nuclear now
1,846MW
50.7% of production, baseload.
Day-ahead price
84.0EUR/MWh
CO₂ estimated
413g/kWh
estimated

Physical cross-border flows

Electricity measured crossing every border in August 2026, valued at this zone's day-ahead price.

Physical exports 1,162,153 MWh estimated market value 184,551,694 €, at 158.80 €/MWh
Physical imports 333,590 MWh estimated market value 42,072,864 €, at 126.12 €/MWh
Estimated market value 142,478,830 € the month averaged 143.04 €/MWh
Border with Out, MWh at €/MWh In, MWh at €/MWh Difference €
Romania 644,063 166.37 76,927 59.55 102,573,976
Serbia 295,973 140.47 2,278 50.22 41,462,099
Greece 67,225 177.58 115,924 134.16 −3,615,028
North Macedonia 145,252 161.85 4,261 40.44 23,336,150
Türkiye 9,639 38.81 134,200 161.35 −21,278,368

142,478,830 € for 828,563 MWh that stayed in the country works out at 171.96 € per megawatt-hour, in a month that averaged 143.04.

  • Energy that stayed, at the month's average price −118,521,723 83.2%
  • What came in arrived above that average −5,645,485 4.0%
  • What went out left below it −18,311,621 12.9%

The first line is energy the country needed and got. The other two — 23,957,106 € together — come not from how much moved but from when: cheap hours to sell in, expensive hours to buy in. That is the price of a timing mismatch, not a loss.

Official validation AWAITING OFFICIAL ANRE DATA

Physical cross-border flows and commercial electricity trades measure different phenomena. ANRE data is shown as an independent official benchmark and should not be interpreted as an exact reconciliation.

All months, every border

Not an invoice. Cross-border electricity is not sold country to country: the markets are coupled and the physical flow is the outcome of a shared auction. These figures value the measured flow at this zone's own day-ahead price, so both directions can be compared on the same scale.

Flows are measured, quarter-hour by quarter-hour; hourly borders are spread across the four quarters they cover, so every megawatt-hour meets the price that was actually in force. Energy entering the country is not the same as energy consumed here — some of it passes through.

Who we sold energy to

Who we sold energy to when they needed it — last 30 days

data for the last 30 days · 29 days covered

  • Romania 522.65 GWh
    994 MW on average · 49.7%
  • Serbia 257.51 GWh
    405 MW on average · 24.5%
  • North Macedonia 166.54 GWh
    261 MW on average · 15.8%
  • Greece 95.84 GWh
    275 MW on average · 9.1%
  • Türkiye 9.35 GWh
    96 MW on average · 0.9%

What we sent our neighbours, per border. Energy summed from quarter-hour averages over the days actually covered by the archive. The average power is over the hours in which it flowed this way, not over every hour. A country can appear in both lists: with the same neighbour we import in some hours and export in others.

Who we bought energy from

Who sold us energy when we needed it — last 30 days

data for the last 30 days · 29 days covered

  • Türkiye 103.01 GWh
    177 MW on average · 40.8%
  • Romania 74.21 GWh
    476 MW on average · 29.4%
  • Greece 66.57 GWh
    200 MW on average · 26.4%
  • North Macedonia 4.75 GWh
    110 MW on average · 1.9%
  • Serbia 3.78 GWh
    79 MW on average · 1.5%

What our neighbours sent us, per border. Energy summed from quarter-hour averages over the days actually covered by the archive. The average power is over the hours in which it flowed this way, not over every hour. A country can appear in both lists: with the same neighbour we import in some hours and export in others.

Energy sources

stale data · as of 13/09/2026, 04:00:00

Nuclear
1,846MW
50.7% of total
Lignite
1,285MW
35.3% of total
Onshore wind
240MW
6.6% of total
Natural gas
136MW
3.7% of total
Hard coal
65MW
1.8% of total
Hydro reservoir
51MW
1.4% of total
Run-of-river hydro
13MW
0.4% of total
Waste
5MW
0.1% of total
Other sources
0MW
0.0% of total
Solar
0MW
0.0% of total
Biomass
0MW
0.0% of total
Pumped-storage hydro
0MW
0.0% of total

Source shares

Every source, with its share and the emission factor used in the carbon estimate.

stale data · as of 13/09/2026, 04:00:00

Nuclear: 1846 MW Lignite: 1285 MW Onshore wind: 240 MW Natural gas: 136 MW Hard coal: 65 MW Hydro reservoir: 51 MW 3,640 MW total
  • Nuclear 1,846MW 50.7%
    details
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    12 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    6.1 g/kWh
  • Lignite 1,285MW 35.3%
    details
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    1,054 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    372.2 g/kWh
  • Onshore wind 240MW 6.6%
    details
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    11 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.7 g/kWh
  • Natural gas 136MW 3.7%
    details
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    490 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    18.3 g/kWh
  • Hard coal 65MW 1.8%
    details
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    820 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    14.6 g/kWh
  • Hydro reservoir 51MW 1.4%
    details
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    24 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.3 g/kWh
  • Run-of-river hydro 13MW 0.4%
    details
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    24 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.1 g/kWh
  • Waste 5MW 0.1%
    details
    Renewable
    no — incineration is partly fossil, and the biogenic fraction is not published separately
    Emission factor
    580 g CO₂eq/kWh · weak factor, the figure is fragile
    Adds to the national average
    0.7 g/kWh
  • Other sources 0MW 0.0%
    details
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    490 g CO₂eq/kWh · weak factor, the figure is fragile
    Adds to the national average
    0.0 g/kWh
  • Solar 0MW 0.0%
    details
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    45 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.0 g/kWh

Renewable energy

Share of clean sources in total production.

stale data · as of 13/09/2026, 04:00:00

Onshore wind: 240 MW Hydro reservoir: 51 MW 8,3% of production
Onshore wind 240 MW Hydro reservoir 51 MW Run-of-river hydro 13 MW Solar 0 MW

Energy radar

stale data · as of 13/09/2026, 04:00:00

Solar: 0 MW Wind: 240 MW Hydro: 64 MW Nuclear: 1846 MW Gas: 136 MW Coal: 1350 MW Solar Wind Hydro Nuclear Gas Coal
Serbia 473 MW export Greece 292 MW import Türkiye 88 MW import North Macedonia 30 MW import Romania 22 MW export BULGARIA cross-border energy flows THE NATIONAL POWER SYSTEM IN ITS REGIONAL CONNECTIONS Import into Bulgaria (energy coming in) Export from Bulgaria (energy going out) Total cross-border exchange 904 MW Import 409 MW Export 495 MW 0 50 100 200 km N

The arrows and figures are measurements, as of 13 September at 10:23. The transmission grid is not shown: we do not have its routes for this country yet.

Exchanges with neighbours

Green = Bulgaria exports, orange = Bulgaria imports.

stale data · as of 13/09/2026, 04:00:00

Serbia Serbia: 473 MW Greece Greece: 292 MW Türkiye Türkiye: 88 MW North Macedonia North Macedonia: 30 MW Romania Romania: 22 MW 0

The price right now, across Europe

The interval in progress, live data from right now, in every bidding zone we have a price for.

live data · as of 13/09/2026, 13:15:00

Bulgaria is 14 of 38, counting from the dearest. Average across zones: 67 EUR/MWh.

  1. IE 220EUR/MWh
  2. BE 198EUR/MWh
  3. NO (NO2) 140EUR/MWh
  4. NO (NO5) 137EUR/MWh
  5. NO (NO1) 137EUR/MWh
  6. LT 119EUR/MWh
  7. LV 119EUR/MWh
  8. DK (DK1) 113EUR/MWh
  9. DK (DK2) 111EUR/MWh
  10. SE (SE4) 102EUR/MWh
  11. PL 94EUR/MWh
  12. CZ 91EUR/MWh
  13. NO (NO3) 86EUR/MWh
  14. BG 84EUR/MWh
  15. AT 82EUR/MWh
  16. SI 79EUR/MWh
  17. CH 75EUR/MWh
  18. SE (SE3) 65EUR/MWh
  19. ME 54EUR/MWh
  20. IT (CALABRIA) 48EUR/MWh
  21. IT (CENTRE_NORTH) 48EUR/MWh
  22. IT (CENTRE_SOUTH) 48EUR/MWh
  23. IT (NORTH) 48EUR/MWh
  24. IT (SARDINIA) 48EUR/MWh
  25. IT (SICILY) 48EUR/MWh
  26. IT (SOUTH) 48EUR/MWh
  27. RS 25EUR/MWh
  28. NO (NO4) 17EUR/MWh
  29. SE (SE1) 14EUR/MWh
  30. FI 14EUR/MWh
  31. EE 14EUR/MWh
  32. SE (SE2) 14EUR/MWh
  33. AL 11EUR/MWh
  34. XK 11EUR/MWh
  35. TR 5EUR/MWh
  36. FR 0EUR/MWh
  37. ES -0EUR/MWh
  38. PT -0EUR/MWh

Wholesale prices for the interval covering this moment, bidding zone by bidding zone — countries with several zones appear once per zone, with its code in brackets. The average is arithmetic across zones, not weighted by demand: a small zone counts as much as a large one. The figures exclude network tariffs, excise duty and VAT.

What balancing cost, in the last 24 hours

The source for this country does not publish this dataset. Nothing is estimated in its place.

Who consumes: the base, the work rhythm, the day

The source has not sent anything recently. The card returns when the data does.

The operator's consumption forecast

How much the country is expected to consume, hour by hour, according to the forecast the transmission operator publishes for today and tomorrow. The line is the forecast; the bars, consumption measured so far.

forecast issued 13/09/2026, 13:23:17 · ENTSO-E

Operator's forecast Measured consumption, hourly average
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 00:00 — 2,910 MW 01:00 — 2,690 MW 02:00 — 2,596 MW 03:00 — 2,553 MW 04:00 — 2,494 MW today tomorrow now 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Today's peak
4,204MW
at 20:00
Today's low
2,894MW
at 04:00
Next hour
3,866MW
at 14:00
Tomorrow's peak
4,229MW
at 13:00

The forecast is the transmission operator's, published on its own platform — not a model of ours. It is revised during the day; for each hour the latest issue is shown. The running hour, in the bars, only shows what has accumulated so far.

Units out of service

Unavailable capacity, now and over the next two weeks

1,011 MW out now

Unit Lost Period
PSHPP_CHAIRA_GENPumped-storage hydro 227 MW 31 Dec – 31 Dec forced
PSHPP_CHAIRA_GENPumped-storage hydro 227 MW 31 Dec – 31 Dec forced
TEC_BOBOVDOL_EADLignite · TPP_BOBOV_DOL_G2 190 MW 24 Aug – 30 Sept maintenance
TEC_BOBOVDOL_EADLignite 190 MW 1 May – 30 Sept forced
TPP_MI_2Lignite 177 MW 1 Mar – 4 Oct forced

How much prosumers produce right now

The source for this country does not publish this dataset. Nothing is estimated in its place.

Today's solar, hour by hour

Measured hourly average for the current local day. The running hour only shows what has accumulated so far.

stale data · as of 13/09/2026, 04:00:00

19 37 00:00 — 37 MW 01:00 — 16 MW 02:00 — 3 MW 03:00 — 3 MW 04:00 — 0 MW 00 06 12 18 23

Today's wind, hour by hour

Measured hourly average for the current local day. The running hour only shows what has accumulated so far.

stale data · as of 13/09/2026, 04:00:00

120 240 00:00 — 86 MW 01:00 — 196 MW 02:00 — 221 MW 03:00 — 214 MW 04:00 — 240 MW 00 06 12 18 23

Today's storage, hour by hour

Deduced, not read from a key: the generation the feed includes in its total without itemising — by its behaviour, battery discharge. The bar is the hour's average, the dotted line the hour's peak power.

stale data · as of 13/09/2026, 04:00:00

102 203 00:00 — 203 MW 01:00 — 114 MW 02:00 — 33 MW 03:00 — 2 MW 04:00 — 0 MW MW — vârf 00 06 12 18 23

The Transelectrica feed has no storage key. The figure is the difference between the published total and the named sources: constant at night, near zero by day — the behaviour of a discharging battery. It is a deduction labelled as such, not a measurement.

How we estimated 413 g CO₂/kWh

This is an estimate, not a measurement. There is no official carbon-intensity measurement for this country, so we compute it from the production mix.

Σ(source generation × source factor) / Σ(generation), over positive values, with life-cycle factors.

The factors are life-cycle values — they include construction and fuel, not just combustion. That is why solar, wind and nuclear are not zero. Source: IPCC AR5 WG3, Anexa III, Tabelul A.III.2 (mediane), version 1.

SourceMWg/kWh
Nuclear1,84612
Lignite1,2851054
Onshore wind24011
Natural gas136490
Hard coal65820
Hydro reservoir5124
Run-of-river hydro1324
Waste5580
Other sources0490
Solar045

The generation fleet, 2026

Installed capacity by source, as the operator reports it.

Installed capacity 23,752MW reported for 2026 Cleaner energy for tomorrow
Renewables 43.3% 10,285 MW
Largest source Solar 30.1%
Against 2025 +5,085 MW
Source Capacity (MW) Of total
Solar 7,159+1,055 30.1%
Other sources 5,406+4,024 22.8%
Lignite 4,119 17.3%
Nuclear 2,000 8.4%
Hydro reservoir 1,807 7.6%
Pumped-storage hydro 864 3.6%
Natural gas 742+12 3.1%
Onshore wind 715 3.0%
Run-of-river hydro 547 2.3%
Hard coal 330−6 1.4%
Biomass 57 0.2%
Waste 6 0.0%
Geothermal 0 0.0%
Oil 0 0.0%
Offshore wind 0 0.0%
All the capacity statistics
How the renewable share is computed

Σ(renewable sources, positive values only) / Σ(all sources, positive only).

Numerator: Onshore wind, Hydro reservoir, Run-of-river hydro, Solar, Biomass.

Denominator: 3,640 MW.

Pumped-storage hydro and waste are not counted as renewable — the first would double-count energy, the second is partly fossil and its biogenic fraction cannot honestly be separated.

Consumption — 24 hours

24 hours 48 hours 7 days 30 days 90 days 1 year all
2,5003,0003,5004,000 02:00 PM09:00 PM04:00 AM

15 points, PT5M resolution. Long ranges are served from precomputed aggregates — a one-year chart from per-minute data would push hundreds of thousands of points into the browser for nothing. Our archive starts at 2015-01-01 00:00 UTC.

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Source: ENTSO-E Transparency Platform · shares are computed on positive values, because solar farms draw from the grid at night · JSON API: /api/v1/countries/BG/latest