Solar power generated 12% of Bulgaria’s electricity in 2023.[1]
By the end of 2020 about 1 GW of solar PV had been installed.[2] It has been estimated that there is potential for at least another 4 GW by 2030.[3]
On March 13, 2023, peak photovoltaics power was 30% of Bulgaria electricity generation. However, long-term share of solar power is much lower. Director of Bulgarian transmission network estimated photovoltaics growth as 30% in 2022, also he expects 700 MW new solar capacity in 2023, which could represent 30-40% YoY growth.
In April 2023 Bulgaria's Inercom signed contract with Huasun for supply of 1.5GW solar modules.
Solar power in Bulgaria has expanded by 100 megawatts (MW) in 2011. A 16.2 MW solar power plant in Zdravetz, Bulgaria was expected to be completed in June 2012, with power being sold for $0.30/kWh in a fixed rate 20 year power purchase agreement.[4]
Since then, however, new installations have nearly come to a halt with only about 12 MW of additional capacity installed during 2013 and 2014.
| Year | Photovoltaics | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MWp | GWh | ||
| align=center | 2008 | 1.4 | |
| align=center | 2009 | 5.7 | 3.3 |
| align=center | 2010 | 35 | 15 |
| align=center | 2011 | 141 | 120 |
| align=center | 2012 | 1,010 | n.a. |
| align=center | 2013 | 1,020 | 1,349 |
| align=center | 2014 | 1,022 | 1,245 |
| align=center | 2015[5] | 1,041 | 1,391 |
| align=center | 2016[6] | 1,043 | 1,392 |
| align=center | 2017[7] | 1,046 | 1,408 |
| align=center | 2018[8] | 1,052 | 1,381 |
| align=center | 2019[9] | 1,059 | 1,252 |
| align=center | 2020[10] | 1,121 | 1,478 |
| align=center | 2021[11] | 1,246 | 1,488 |
| align=center | 2022 https://mc-cd8320d4-36a1-40ac-83cc-3389-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2023/Mar/IRENA_RE_Capacity_Statistics_2023.pdf?rev=b357baf054584e589c8ab635140d0596 | 1,948 | |
| Source: IEA-PVPS/EPIA for capacity,[12] Photovoltaic Barometerfor generation,[13] previous[14] [15] [16] [17] | |||