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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 311.31€/MWh 0.311 €/kWh now 250.03€/MWh interval 13:00–13:15 Tomorrow —€/MWh not published yet Last 30 days 256.99€/MWh average weighted by duration

Grid snapshot

Demand, generation and balance, updated every minute.

stale data · as of 05/11/2026, 10:00:00

Source ENTSO-E has not published consumption since 05/11/2026, 04:00:00. Figures marked “stale” are from then and stay on the page until it returns.

National consumption
3,747MW
stale · as of 05/11/2026, 04:00:00
Domestic production
4,058MW
Exporting now
280MW
▼ −528 MW vs a day ago
Solar production
872MW
21.5% of current production.
Nuclear now
962MW
23.7% of production, baseload.
Day-ahead price
250.0EUR/MWh
CO₂ estimated
498g/kWhestimated

Physical cross-border flows

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

Physical exports 845,588 MWh estimated market value 206,993,562 €, at 244.79 €/MWh
Physical imports 574,093 MWh estimated market value 131,550,456 €, at 229.14 €/MWh
Estimated market value 75,443,107 € the month averaged 231.89 €/MWh
Border with Out, MWh at €/MWh In, MWh at €/MWh Difference €
Romania 567,870 251.70 102,198 199.00 122,596,260
Greece 32,623 271.38 229,246 234.96 −45,009,379
Serbia 182,422 218.50 38,854 235.71 30,700,777
Türkiye 5,168 172.40 139,235 244.00 −33,082,076
North Macedonia 57,505 251.39 64,560 220.24 237,524

75,443,107 € for 271,495 MWh that stayed in the country works out at 277.88 € per megawatt-hour, in a month that averaged 231.89.

  • Energy that stayed, at the month's average price −62,956,310 83.4%
  • What came in arrived above that average −1,574,874 2.1%
  • What went out left below it −10,911,923 14.5%

The first line is energy the country needed and got. The other two — 12,486,797 € 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 · 30 days covered

  • Romania 456.98 GWh
    916 MW on average · 67.5%
  • Serbia 138.59 GWh
    301 MW on average · 20.5%
  • North Macedonia 48.71 GWh
    163 MW on average · 7.2%
  • Greece 30.20 GWh
    224 MW on average · 4.5%
  • Türkiye 2.85 GWh
    63 MW on average · 0.4%

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 · 30 days covered

  • Greece 254.82 GWh
    436 MW on average · 38.9%
  • Türkiye 155.28 GWh
    230 MW on average · 23.7%
  • Romania 127.67 GWh
    580 MW on average · 19.5%
  • North Macedonia 69.31 GWh
    165 MW on average · 10.6%
  • Serbia 47.97 GWh
    187 MW on average · 7.3%

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 05/11/2026, 10:00:00

Lignite
1,648MW
40.6% of total
Nuclear
962MW
23.7% of total
Solar
872MW
21.5% of total
Natural gas
275MW
6.8% of total
Onshore wind
117MW
2.9% of total
Other sources
91MW
2.3% of total
Hard coal
59MW
1.5% of total
Run-of-river hydro
18MW
0.4% of total
Hydro reservoir
13MW
0.3% of total
Waste
3MW
0.1% 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 05/11/2026, 10:00:00

Lignite: 1648 MW Nuclear: 962 MW Solar: 872 MW Natural gas: 275 MW Onshore wind: 117 MW Other sources: 91 MW Hard coal: 59 MW 4,058 MW total
  • Lignite 41% 1,648MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    1,054 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    427.9 g/kWh
  • Nuclear 24% 962MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    12 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    2.8 g/kWh
  • Solar 21% 872MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    45 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    9.7 g/kWh
  • Natural gas 7% 275MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    490 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    33.1 g/kWh
  • Onshore wind 3% 117MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    11 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.3 g/kWh
  • Other sources 2% 91MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    490 g CO₂eq/kWh · weak factor, the figure is fragile
    Adds to the national average
    11.0 g/kWh
  • Hard coal 1% 59MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    820 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    12.0 g/kWh
  • Run-of-river hydro 0% 18MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    24 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.1 g/kWh
  • Hydro reservoir 0% 13MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    24 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.1 g/kWh
  • Waste 0% 3MW
    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
    0.4 g/kWh

Renewable energy

Share of clean sources in total production.

stale data · as of 05/11/2026, 10:00:00

Solar: 872 MW · Onshore wind: 117 MW · Run-of-river hydro: 18 MW · Hydro reservoir: 13 MW 25,1% of production
  • Solar872 MW
  • Onshore wind117 MW
  • Run-of-river hydro18 MW
  • Hydro reservoir13 MW

Energy radar

stale data · as of 05/11/2026, 10:00:00

427 854 1.280 1.707 Solar: 872 MW Wind: 117 MW Hydro: 30 MW Nuclear: 962 MW Gas: 275 MW Coal: 1707 MW Solar Wind Hydro Nuclear Gas Coal
Greece 635 MW import Türkiye 315 MW import Romania 280 MW export Serbia 121 MW export North Macedonia 25 MW import 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 1.376 MW Import 975 MW Export 401 MW 0 50 100 200 km N

The arrows and figures are measurements, as of 5 November at 11:09. 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 05/11/2026, 10:00:00

Romania Romania: 280 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 05/11/2026, 13:00:00

Bulgaria is 9 of 46, counting from the dearest. Exactly as dear as in one other zone. Average across zones: 188 EUR/MWh.

  1. 1 CH 294EUR/MWh
  2. 2 IE 292EUR/MWh
  3. 3 ME 290EUR/MWh
  4. 4 MK 271EUR/MWh
  5. 5 RS 259EUR/MWh
  6. 6 RO 256EUR/MWh
  7. 7 AL 251EUR/MWh
  8. 7 XK 251EUR/MWh
  9. 9 BG 250EUR/MWh
  10. 9 AT 250EUR/MWh
  11. 11 HR 244EUR/MWh
  12. 11 SI 244EUR/MWh
  13. 13 HU 240EUR/MWh
  14. 14 DK (DK2) 235EUR/MWh
  15. 15 SK 234EUR/MWh
  16. 16 IT (CENTRE_NORTH) 228EUR/MWh
  17. 16 IT (CENTRE_SOUTH) 228EUR/MWh
  18. 16 IT (NORTH) 228EUR/MWh
  19. 16 IT (SARDINIA) 228EUR/MWh
  20. 20 CZ 226EUR/MWh
  21. 21 IT (CALABRIA) 223EUR/MWh
  22. 21 IT (SICILY) 223EUR/MWh
  23. 21 IT (SOUTH) 223EUR/MWh
  24. 24 GR 220EUR/MWh
  25. 25 FR 214EUR/MWh
  26. 26 ES 211EUR/MWh
  27. 27 SE (SE4) 210EUR/MWh
  28. 28 BE 208EUR/MWh
  29. 29 DK (DK1) 207EUR/MWh
  30. 30 DE and LU 204EUR/MWh
  31. 31 NL 200EUR/MWh
  32. 32 NO (NO2) 198EUR/MWh
  33. 33 PT 190EUR/MWh
  34. 34 NO (NO5) 175EUR/MWh
  35. 35 NO (NO1) 174EUR/MWh
  36. 36 PL 105EUR/MWh
  37. 37 SE (SE3) 100EUR/MWh
  38. 38 NO (NO3) 91EUR/MWh
  39. 39 TR 63EUR/MWh
  40. 40 EE 56EUR/MWh
  41. 40 LT 56EUR/MWh
  42. 40 LV 56EUR/MWh
  43. 43 NO (NO4) 16EUR/MWh
  44. 44 FI 5EUR/MWh
  45. 44 SE (SE1) 5EUR/MWh
  46. 46 SE (SE2) 3EUR/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

An estimate from the shape of the consumption curve, not a measurement by customer category — that is not published in real time. Three parts: what never stops, what runs in shifts on working days, what switches on during the day.

archive up to 05/11/2026, 04:00:00

The base, non-stop
2,739MW
63.2% of the week's average · the Sunday-night floor: fridges, servers, installations that never stop
The work rhythm
319MW
7.3% of the week's average · how much more a working night carries than a Sunday night: the shifts
The day
1,279MW
29.5% of the week's average · what exceeds the working-night floor, on average: offices, shops, homes awake

Over the last seven days consumption averaged 4,337 MW and ranged between 3,232 and 5,192 MW.

How it was measured: the median of the 02–05 hours over 7 Sunday mornings (2,739 MW) and over 32 working mornings, Tuesday to Friday (3,057 MW), across the last 8 weeks; the average over the last seven days. The parts are cut from one another in order and add up exactly to the average.

The parts are shapes of the curve, not customer categories: the base holds every household's fridge as well as a plant that never stops; the day holds single-shift factories too. “Industrial” and “household” would be words these data cannot defend.

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 05/11/2026, 12:49:09 · ENTSO-E

Operator's forecast Measured consumption, hourly average
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 00:00 — 3,941 MW 01:00 — 3,803 MW 02:00 — 3,707 MW 03:00 — 3,681 MW 04:00 — 3,747 MW today tomorrow now 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Today's peak
5,457MW
at 18:00
Today's low
3,833MW
at 03:00
Next hour
5,033MW
at 14:00
Tomorrow's peak
5,652MW
at 18:00

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

2,163 MW out now

Unit Lost Period
NPP_KOZLODUYNuclear · NPP KZL G10 1,040 MW 8 Oct – 19 Nov forced
PSHPP_CHAIRA_GENPumped-storage hydro · PSHPP_CHAIRA_GP1 227 MW 31 Dec – 31 Dec forced
PSHPP_CHAIRA_GENPumped-storage hydro · PSHPP_CHAIRA_GP4 227 MW 31 Dec – 31 Dec forced
TEC_BOBOVDOL_EADLignite · TPP_BOBOV_DOL_G2 190 MW 24 Aug – 1 Dec maintenance
TEC_BOBOVDOL_EADLignite · TPP_BOBOV_DOL_G1 190 MW 1 May – 8 Nov forced
TEC_BOBOVDOL_EADLignite · TPP_BOBOV_DOL_G3 190 MW 21 Oct – 21 Nov maintenance
TPP_MI_2Lignite · TPP_MI2_G3 99 MW 5 Nov – 6 Nov 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 05/11/2026, 10:00:00

436 872 00:00 — 0 MW 01:00 — 4 MW 02:00 — 11 MW 03:00 — 11 MW 04:00 — 11 MW 05:00 — 0 MW 06:00 — 2 MW 07:00 — 85 MW 08:00 — 363 MW 09:00 — 659 MW 10:00 — 872 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 05/11/2026, 10:00:00

117 234 00:00 — 234 MW 01:00 — 192 MW 02:00 — 199 MW 03:00 — 179 MW 04:00 — 188 MW 05:00 — 165 MW 06:00 — 146 MW 07:00 — 143 MW 08:00 — 139 MW 09:00 — 128 MW 10:00 — 117 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 05/11/2026, 10:00:00

669 1339 00:00 — 0 MW 01:00 — 0 MW 02:00 — 0 MW 03:00 — 0 MW 04:00 — 1 MW 05:00 — 3 MW 06:00 — 87 MW 07:00 — 1076 MW 08:00 — 1339 MW 09:00 — 734 MW 10:00 — 91 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 498 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
Lignite1,6481054
Nuclear96212
Solar87245
Natural gas275490
Onshore wind11711
Other sources91490
Hard coal59820
Run-of-river hydro1824
Hydro reservoir1324
Waste3580

Energy news

See all the news
Energy policy Bulgaria: businesses get an average of €40–41/MWh in compensation on their October electricity bills Energy Minister Iva Petrova announced on 4 November that businesses will receive, through their October bills, average compensation of about €40–41/MWh for the electricity they used. On the same day, parliament’s energy committee did not accept GERB’s proposal to fully compensate the part of the price above €92/MWh. 5 Nov 2026
Storage & batteriesBulgaria’s batteries pass 6 GW: 6.23 GW and over 19 GWh at the end of October4 Nov 2026 GasBulgaria: regulated gas price rises 32.52% in November to €58.43/MWh3 Nov 2026

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

Denominator: 4,058 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 — 90 days

24 hours 48 hours 7 days 30 days 90 days 1 year all
3,0004,000 08/0809/2111/03

87 points, P1D 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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