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Power Plants in Bulgaria

Bulgaria has 43 power plants on the map, adding up to about 9 GW of capacity. By number of plants, the most common type is solar. Below: the full fuel mix and the country’s biggest stations. From the WRI Global Power Plant Database, snapshot 2026-06-23.

POWER PLANTS43

TOTAL CAPACITY9 GW

MOST COMMON FUELSolar

By fuel

How Bulgaria’s plants split by primary fuel, by number of stations, with total installed capacity for each.

Solar23 · 53% · 280 MW

Coal11 · 26% · 5 GW

Hydro7 · 16% · 2 GW

Nuclear1 · 2% · 2 GW

Wind1 · 2% · 156 MW

Largest power plants in Bulgaria

The country’s biggest stations by installed capacity, with fuel and commissioning year where recorded.

2,000 MWKOZLODUYNuclear

1,602 MWMaritsa Itzok-2 power stationCoal1979

908 MWMaritsa Itzok-3 power stationCoal1980

864 MWPSCHAIRA GENHydro

670 MWAES GalabovoCoal2011

630 MWBobov Dol power stationCoal1974

375 MWPSBELMEKENHydro

240 MWBrikel power stationCoal1961

240 MWSESTRIMOHydro

180 MWRUSECoal

174 MWDeven power stationCoal2009

156 MWSVETI NIKOLAWind

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