Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.
How electricity works in Bulgaria
Liberalised marketCompetitive generation and retail
Nuclear power from Kozloduy and lignite plants dominate. Wholesale trade happens on the IBEX exchange, coupled with the EU market; household prices were regulated for longer than in most EU countries.
Part of the synchronous grid of Continental Europe, the largest interconnected grid in the world by customers, coordinated by the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.
What does “Liberalised market” mean?
Generators sell into a wholesale market, an independent operator runs the transmission grid, and households can choose their electricity supplier. Networks stay regulated monopolies because building parallel power lines makes no sense.
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Bulgaria extends from the Danube plain to the Balkan and Rhodope mountains and the Black Sea. These lowland and mountain settings give its power-station records distinct geographic contexts.
Capital
Sofia
Languages
Bulgarian
Major cities
Sofia, Plovdiv, Varna
Geographic reference: European Union country profile. Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.
The source inventory contains 43 records for Bulgaria. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.
Inventory coverage
43 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.
Browse 43 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.
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