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Power plants in Bulgaria

A directory of 43 power plants in Bulgaria with a combined installed capacity of 9,252 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

43power plants
9,252MW total capacity
5fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Bulgaria)

Solar: 23 plants23SolarCoal: 11 plants11CoalHydro: 7 plants7HydroNuclear: 1 plants1NuclearWind: 1 plants1Wind

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Bulgaria electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

276gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
71.9%low-carbon electricity
32.8%renewables
28.1%fossil fuels
Nuclear: 39 % of electricity39NuclearCoal: 22 % of electricity22CoalSolar: 18 % of electricity18SolarHydro: 7 % of electricity7HydroGas: 5 % of electricity5GasBioenergy: 4 % of electricity4BioenergyWind: 4 % of electricity4WindOil: 1 % of electricity1Oil

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Bulgaria

#PlantFuelMW
1KOZLODUYNuclear2,000
2Maritsa Itzok-2 power stationCoal1,602
3Maritsa Itzok-3 power stationCoal908
4PSCHAIRA GENHydro864
5AES GalabovoCoal670
6Bobov Dol power stationCoal630
7PSBELMEKENHydro375
8Brikel power stationCoal240
9SESTRIMOHydro240
10RUSECoal180
11Deven power stationCoal174
12SVETI NIKOLAWind156
13PESHTERAHydro135
14MOMINA KLISUHydro120
15Maritsa 3 power stationCoal120
16Vidin Works power stationCoal120
17IVAILOVGRADHydro114
18KARDZHALIHydro110
19TOPLO RUSECoal110
20Republika power stationCoal105

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