List of power stations in Bulgaria explained

This is a list of power stations located in Bulgaria. The list may be incomplete.

Nuclear

Total current capacity: 2,000 MW

Name	Location	Coordinates	Type	Capacity, MWe	Operational	Notes
Kozloduy NPP Unit 1				440	1974-2004	shut down per EU demand
Kozloduy NPP Unit 2				440	1975-2004	shut down per EU demand
Kozloduy NPP Unit 3				440	1980-2007	shut down per EU demand
Kozloduy NPP Unit 4				440	1982-2007	shut down per EU demand
Kozloduy NPP Unit 5				1000	1987-	Operational
Kozloduy NPP Unit 6				1000	1991-	Operational
Belene Nuclear Power Plant Unit 1				1000	Cancelled	The built reactor may be assembled as Unit 7 at Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant
Belene Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2				1000	Cancelled

Hydro

Total current capacity: >2,600 MW

Station	Town	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Notes
			66
	Batak		48
			375
			840
			80
			174.2	Under Construction
	Lambuh		104
	Kardzhali		108
			80
	Momina Klisura		120
	Osikovo		160
	Peshtera		128
	Studen Kladenets		172
	Sestrimo		240
	Gyovren		60
	Mihalkovo		80	Under construction
Vacha Hydro Power Plant I & II		?	14 (7 MW each)

Fossil fuel

Total current capacity: >7,200 MW

Power station	Town	Coordinates	Fuel	Installed capacity (MW)	Remarks
	Bobov Dol	42.2855°N 23.0319°W	Coal	630
	Dimitrovgrad	42.0532°N 25.6232°W	Coal	120
	Galabovo	42.1547°N 25.9078°W	Coal	670
	Radetski	42.2558°N 26.1342°W	Coal	1456	325 metres tall chimney
	Mednikarovo	42.1438°N 26.0031°W	Coal	900	325 metres tall chimney
	Pernik	42.6064°N 23.0784°W	Coal	180
	Ruse	43.8662°N 26.0093°W	Coal	180
	Sofia	42.7202°N 23.3233°W	Natural Gas	130
	Sofia	42.6517°N 23.4169°W	Natural Gas	100
	Varna	43.1962°N 27.7647°W	Coal	1260

Solar

Total current capacity: 61 MW

• Karadzhalovo Solar Park - 60.4 MW, currently the largest in the Balkan region
• Paunovo - 1 MW^{[1] [2] [3]}
• Tervel / General Toshevo - 60 kW, planned^[4]
• Tervel - 5 MW, planned^[5]

Wind

Total current capacity: 456,2 MW

• Buzludzha - 50 MW, currently in testing, to be fully operational before 2011
• St. Nikola Wind Farm - Kavarna - 156 MW (52 turbines)^{[6] [7]}
• Wind Farm Acorn Energy - Hrabrovo - 6 MW (3 turbines)^[8]
• Suvororo Wind Farm - Suvorovo - 60 MW (30 turbines)^[9]
• Balchik Wind Farm - Balchik - 10 MW (5 turbines)^[10]
• Kaliakra WPP - Kaliakra - 35 MW (35 turbines)^[11]
• Mogilishte-Zapad - Mogilishte - 17,6 MW (10 turbines)^{[12] [13]}
• Vertocom Wind Farm - Kazanlak - 72,5 MW (29 turbines)^[14]
• Vranino Wind Farm - Dobrich - 18 MW (9 turbines)^[15]
• Karapelit Wind Farm - Dobrich - 12 MW (6 turbines)^[16]
• Krupen Wind Farm - Dobrich - 12 MW (4 turbines)^{[17] [18]}
• Kardam Wind Farm - Dobrich - 12,6 MW (4 turbines)^{[19] [20]}
• Shabla Wind Farm - Dobrich - 42 MW (14 turbines)^{[21] [22]}
• Somovit wind turbine - 2.5 MW, single turbine^[23]

See also

• Energy in Bulgaria

Notes and References

1. http://ecozone.actualno.com/news_203133.html Откриха първата соларна електроцентрала у нас
2. http://www.citybuild.bg/news/otkriha-solaren-paunovo/7697 Откриха соларен парк „Пауново”
3. http://www.utilities.bg/show.php?storyid=597368 Първата соларна електроцентрала в страната с мощност 1 MWp започва производство
4. http://news.expert.bg/n255580/ Фотоволтаичен парк изниква и край Генерал Тошево
5. http://news.expert.bg/n255390/ Вдигат фотоволтаичен парк край Тервел
6. Web site: Saint Nikola Wind Farm AES Bulgaria . 2024-01-15 . www.aesbulgaria.com . en.
7. Web site: AES Bulgaria's St. Nikola wind farm produces 43,763 MWh in Jan . 2024-01-15 . SeeNews . en.
8. Web site: Home . 2024-01-15 . WindBASE . nl-NL.
9. Web site: Spasić . Vladimir . 2021-08-02 . MET Group acquires 60 MW Suvorovo wind farm in Bulgaria . 2024-01-15 . Balkan Green Energy News . en-US.
10. Web site: Wind Power Kelag International . 2024-01-15 . www.kelag-international.com.
11. Web site: Kaliakra Wind (Bulgaria) - Wind farms - Online access - The Wind Power . 2024-01-15 . www.thewindpower.net.
12. Web site: Mogilishte-Zapad (Bulgaria) - Wind farms - Online access - The Wind Power . 2024-01-15 . www.thewindpower.net.
13. Web site: Mogilishte wind farm . 2024-01-15 . www.technostroy.bg.
14. Web site: Wind power . 2024-01-15 . www.alpiq.com . en-US.
15. Web site: VRANINO . 2024-01-15 . ΤΕΡΝΑ ΕΝΕΡΓΕΙΑΚΗ . en.
16. Web site: KARAPELIT . 2024-01-15 . ΤΕΡΝΑ ΕΝΕΡΓΕΙΑΚΗ . en.
17. Web site: Krupen (Bulgaria) - Wind farms - Online access - The Wind Power . 2024-01-15 . www.thewindpower.net.
18. Web site: Krupen Wind Farm . 2024-01-15 . wikimapia.org . en.
19. Web site: Kardam (Bulgaria) - Wind farms - Online access - The Wind Power . 2024-01-15 . www.thewindpower.net.
20. Web site: 2010-12-01 . New Wind Farm goes into Operations in Bulgaria REVE News of the wind sector in Spain and in the world . 2024-01-15 . en-US.
21. Web site: MET Group acquires a 42 MW wind park in Bulgaria . 2024-01-15 . group.met.com.
22. Web site: 2010-05-10 . ENEL GREEN POWER DOUBLES ITS WIND CAPACITY IN BULGARIA . 2024-01-15 . www.enel.com . en.
23. Web site: Dnes.dir.bg - Най-големият ветрогенератор у нас . dnes.dir.bg . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090130064004/http://dnes.dir.bg/2009/01/26/news3903993.html . 2009-01-30.