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🇧🇬 Electricity Generation of Bulgaria

The electricity generated in Bulgaria has been on the rise since the start of the millennium. In 2022, electricity generation in Bulgaria reach 50.58 TWh. Whereof 36.13% of the generated electricity in the country that year came from Coal. A non-renewable resource with greater impact on the environment.

  • In 2022, the electricity generation in Bulgaria increased by 6.93%
  • In total, Bulgaria generated 50.58 Terrawatt hours of electricity in 2022.
  • Electricity generation in Bulgaria grew with 3.28 TWh in 2022, compared to previous year.
  • Since 2000, production of electricity has increased by 24.58% in Bulgaria
  • In 2022, Bulgaria produced 0.18183864103478% of the world's total energy generation.

Total Electricity Generation of Bulgaria (2000-2022)

Between the year 2000 and 2022, Bulgaria's electricity generation has increased from 40.6 TWh to 50.58 TWh, a 24.58% increase in produced Terawatt hours during a 22 year time period.

Year TWh YoY absolute change YoY change
2000 40.6 % %
2001 43.45 2.85% 7.02%
2002 42.09 -1.36% -3.13%
2003 42.29 0.2% 0.48%
2004 41.4 -0.89% -2.1%
2005 43.93 2.53% 6.11%
2006 45.48 1.55% 3.53%
2007 42.9 -2.58% -5.67%
2008 44.56 1.66% 3.87%
2009 42.33 -2.23% -5.0%
2010 45.98 3.65% 8.62%
2011 49.95 3.97% 8.63%
2012 46.48 -3.47% -6.95%
2013 43.04 -3.44% -7.4%
2014 46.92 3.88% 9.01%
2015 48.7 1.78% 3.79%
2016 44.56 -4.14% -8.5%
2017 44.93 0.37% 0.83%
2018 46.54 1.61% 3.58%
2019 43.8 -2.74% -5.89%
2020 40.22 -3.58% -8.17%
2021 47.3 7.08% 17.6%
2022 50.58 3.28% 6.93%

Bulgaria's Electricity Generation by Fuel Source in 2021

In 2021, Coal was the largest generator of electrical energy in Bulgaria with 36.13% of the total electricity produced.

Fuel Source Proportion
Coal 36.13%
Nuclear 34.86%
Hydro 10.19%
Gas 6.45%
Bioenergy 5.48%
Solar 3.11%
Wind 3.02%
Other Fossil 0.76%
Other Renewables 0.0%

Data Information

Data found on this page is a derivative of Ember-Climate Yearly electricity data.

Data Sources

Ember-Climate

Ember-Climate Yearly Electricity Data

This dataset contains yearly electricity generation, capacity, emissions, import and demand data for over 200 geographies. Data is collected from multi-country datasets (EIA, Eurostat, BP, UN) as well as national sources (e.g China data from the National Bureau of Statistics).

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