Vidin Works power station — Bulgaria

Vidin Works power station is a 120 MW coal power station in Vidin, Bulgaria. It ranks #24 of 55 Bulgaria power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1970, it is around 56 years old — an older, legacy facility. In context, coal supplies about 22.5% of Bulgaria's electricity; the national grid averages 276 gCO₂/kWh (71.9% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1075859.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 120 MW, Vidin Works power station is below the median coal plant in Bulgaria (180 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #10 largest coal power plant of 14 in Bulgaria by capacity.

Bulgaria has 14 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 5,419 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Lom Power Station · Coal · 400 MW · Montana
• HE DJERDAP II · Hydro · 270 MW · Mehedinti
• HPP Portile de Fier II · Hydro · 245 MW · Mehedinti
• Mokresh · Solar · 4.1 MW · Montana
• Podari · Solar · 10 MW · Dolj
• KOZLODUY · Nuclear · 2,080 MW · Vratsa

Location

Coordinates 43.9484, 22.8509 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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