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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 296.32€/MWh 0.296 €/kWh now 322.27€/MWh interval 16:15–16:30 Tomorrow 300.98€/MWh auction published Last 30 days 250.25€/MWh average weighted by duration

Grid snapshot

Demand, generation and balance, updated every minute.

stale data · as of 03/11/2026, 10:00:00

National consumption
4,971MW
Domestic production
3,617MW
1,354 MW below consumption. The real border balance is measured separately.
Exporting now
875MW
Measured on the interconnectors: 24.2% of current production flows to neighbours.
▲ +214 MW vs a day ago
Solar production
299MW
8.3% of current production.
Nuclear now
923MW
25.5% of production, baseload.
Day-ahead price
322.3EUR/MWh
CO₂ estimated
574g/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 492.39 GWh
    960 MW on average · 67.8%
  • Serbia 147.73 GWh
    315 MW on average · 20.4%
  • North Macedonia 50.38 GWh
    166 MW on average · 6.9%
  • Greece 31.91 GWh
    223 MW on average · 4.4%
  • Türkiye 3.30 GWh
    60 MW on average · 0.5%

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 242.64 GWh
    422 MW on average · 39.0%
  • Türkiye 149.18 GWh
    225 MW on average · 24.0%
  • Romania 117.28 GWh
    569 MW on average · 18.8%
  • North Macedonia 68.48 GWh
    165 MW on average · 11.0%
  • Serbia 44.97 GWh
    182 MW on average · 7.2%

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 03/11/2026, 10:00:00

Lignite
1,725MW
47.7% of total
Nuclear
923MW
25.5% of total
Solar
299MW
8.3% of total
Natural gas
266MW
7.4% of total
Onshore wind
123MW
3.4% of total
Other sources
92MW
2.5% of total
Run-of-river hydro
89MW
2.5% of total
Hard coal
62MW
1.7% of total
Hydro reservoir
30MW
0.8% of total
Biomass
5MW
0.1% of total
Waste
3MW
0.1% of total
Pumped-storage hydro
1MW
0.0% of total

Source shares

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

stale data · as of 03/11/2026, 10:00:00

Lignite: 1725 MW Nuclear: 923 MW Solar: 299 MW Natural gas: 266 MW Onshore wind: 123 MW Other sources: 92 MW Run-of-river hydro: 89 MW Hard coal: 62 MW Hydro reservoir: 30 MW 3,617 MW total
  • Lignite 48% 1,725MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    1,054 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    502.6 g/kWh
  • Nuclear 26% 923MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    12 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    3.1 g/kWh
  • Solar 8% 299MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    45 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    3.7 g/kWh
  • Natural gas 7% 266MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    490 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    36.1 g/kWh
  • Onshore wind 3% 123MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    11 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.4 g/kWh
  • Other sources 3% 92MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    490 g CO₂eq/kWh · weak factor, the figure is fragile
    Adds to the national average
    12.5 g/kWh
  • Run-of-river hydro 2% 89MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    24 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.6 g/kWh
  • Hard coal 2% 62MW
    Renewable
    no
    Emission factor
    820 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    14.1 g/kWh
  • Hydro reservoir 1% 30MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    24 g CO₂eq/kWh
    Adds to the national average
    0.2 g/kWh
  • Biomass 0% 5MW
    Renewable
    yes
    Emission factor
    230 g CO₂eq/kWh · weak factor, the figure is fragile
    Adds to the national average
    0.3 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
  • Pumped-storage hydro 0% 1MW
    Renewable
    no — storage, not generation: the energy was counted once, when the water was pumped
    Emission factor
    0 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 03/11/2026, 10:00:00

Solar: 299 MW · Onshore wind: 123 MW · Run-of-river hydro: 89 MW · Hydro reservoir: 30 MW · Biomass: 5 MW 15,1% of production
  • Solar299 MW
  • Onshore wind123 MW
  • Run-of-river hydro89 MW
  • Hydro reservoir30 MW
  • Biomass5 MW

Energy radar

stale data · as of 03/11/2026, 10:00:00

447 893 1.340 1.787 Solar: 299 MW Wind: 123 MW Hydro: 119 MW Nuclear: 923 MW Gas: 266 MW Coal: 1787 MW Solar Wind Hydro Nuclear Gas Coal
Romania 875 MW export Greece 628 MW import Türkiye 238 MW import Serbia 129 MW import North Macedonia 120 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 1.991 MW Import 1.116 MW Export 875 MW 0 50 100 200 km N

The arrows and figures are measurements, as of 3 November at 14:21. 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 03/11/2026, 10:00:00

Romania Romania: 875 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 03/11/2026, 16:15:00

Bulgaria is 13 of 46, counting from the dearest. Exactly as dear as in 2 other zones. Average across zones: 253 EUR/MWh.

  1. 1 IE 499EUR/MWh
  2. 2 AL 368EUR/MWh
  3. 2 XK 368EUR/MWh
  4. 4 PL 359EUR/MWh
  5. 5 MK 350EUR/MWh
  6. 5 ME 350EUR/MWh
  7. 7 RS 347EUR/MWh
  8. 8 LT 346EUR/MWh
  9. 8 LV 346EUR/MWh
  10. 10 SK 329EUR/MWh
  11. 11 AT 327EUR/MWh
  12. 12 CH 323EUR/MWh
  13. 13 HU 322EUR/MWh
  14. 13 RO 322EUR/MWh
  15. 13 BG 322EUR/MWh
  16. 16 HR 316EUR/MWh
  17. 17 SI 314EUR/MWh
  18. 18 SE (SE4) 299EUR/MWh
  19. 19 IT (CENTRE_NORTH) 293EUR/MWh
  20. 19 IT (NORTH) 293EUR/MWh
  21. 21 CZ 292EUR/MWh
  22. 22 DK (DK2) 290EUR/MWh
  23. 23 IT (CALABRIA) 284EUR/MWh
  24. 23 IT (CENTRE_SOUTH) 284EUR/MWh
  25. 23 IT (SARDINIA) 284EUR/MWh
  26. 23 IT (SICILY) 284EUR/MWh
  27. 23 IT (SOUTH) 284EUR/MWh
  28. 28 GR 261EUR/MWh
  29. 29 DK (DK1) 239EUR/MWh
  30. 30 NL 233EUR/MWh
  31. 30 BE 233EUR/MWh
  32. 32 DE and LU 232EUR/MWh
  33. 33 NO (NO2) 227EUR/MWh
  34. 34 FR 222EUR/MWh
  35. 35 EE 191EUR/MWh
  36. 36 SE (SE3) 185EUR/MWh
  37. 37 NO (NO1) 182EUR/MWh
  38. 38 NO (NO5) 180EUR/MWh
  39. 39 NO (NO3) 97EUR/MWh
  40. 40 ES 89EUR/MWh
  41. 40 PT 89EUR/MWh
  42. 42 TR 76EUR/MWh
  43. 43 FI 26EUR/MWh
  44. 43 SE (SE1) 26EUR/MWh
  45. 45 SE (SE2) 20EUR/MWh
  46. 46 NO (NO4) 19EUR/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 03/11/2026, 10:00:00

The base, non-stop
2,739MW
63.9% of the week's average · the Sunday-night floor: fridges, servers, installations that never stop
The work rhythm
229MW
5.3% of the week's average · how much more a working night carries than a Sunday night: the shifts
The day
1,318MW
30.8% of the week's average · what exceeds the working-night floor, on average: offices, shops, homes awake

Over the last seven days consumption averaged 4,286 MW and ranged between 3,232 and 5,173 MW.

How it was measured: the median of the 02–05 hours over 7 Sunday mornings (2,739 MW) and over 31 working mornings, Tuesday to Friday (2,968 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 03/11/2026, 16:10:47 · ENTSO-E

Operator's forecast Measured consumption, hourly average
0 2,500 5,000 7,500 10,000 00:00 — 3,792 MW 01:00 — 3,646 MW 02:00 — 3,581 MW 03:00 — 3,536 MW 04:00 — 3,541 MW 05:00 — 3,658 MW 06:00 — 4,052 MW 07:00 — 4,475 MW 08:00 — 4,782 MW 09:00 — 4,952 MW 10:00 — 4,971 MW today tomorrow now 00 06 12 18 00 06 12 18
Today's peak
5,152MW
at 19:00
Today's low
3,581MW
at 03:00
Next hour
4,893MW
at 17:00
Tomorrow's peak
5,363MW
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

2,064 MW out now

Unit Lost Period
NPP_KOZLODUYNuclear · NPP KZL G10 1,040 MW 8 Oct – 19 Nov forced
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 – 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

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 03/11/2026, 10:00:00

149 299 00:00 — 0 MW 01:00 — 2 MW 02:00 — 11 MW 03:00 — 11 MW 04:00 — 11 MW 05:00 — 0 MW 06:00 — 1 MW 07:00 — 21 MW 08:00 — 181 MW 09:00 — 256 MW 10:00 — 299 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 03/11/2026, 10:00:00

83 167 00:00 — 72 MW 01:00 — 82 MW 02:00 — 102 MW 03:00 — 131 MW 04:00 — 160 MW 05:00 — 167 MW 06:00 — 167 MW 07:00 — 159 MW 08:00 — 160 MW 09:00 — 143 MW 10:00 — 123 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 03/11/2026, 10:00:00

393 786 00:00 — 3 MW 01:00 — 0 MW 02:00 — 0 MW 03:00 — 5 MW 04:00 — 9 MW 05:00 — 2 MW 06:00 — 11 MW 07:00 — 190 MW 08:00 — 786 MW 09:00 — 406 MW 10:00 — 92 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 574 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
Lignite1,7251054
Nuclear92312
Solar29945
Natural gas266490
Onshore wind12311
Other sources92490
Run-of-river hydro8924
Hard coal62820
Hydro reservoir3024
Biomass5230
Waste3580
Pumped-storage hydro10

Energy news

See all the news
Gas Bulgaria: regulated gas price rises 32.52% in November to €58.43/MWh The Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (EWRC) approved a November price of €58.43/MWh for gas sold by Bulgargaz to end suppliers and heat producers, 32.52% above October. On 28 October the regulator had rejected the initial proposal of €59.08/MWh, and Bulgargaz lowered the price with additional gas from the Chiren storage facility. 3 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: 3,617 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
3,5004,0004,5005,000 05:00 PM02:00 AM10:00 AM

18 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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