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Bulgaria's power sector in numbers
Ember monthly data 2015-01 → 2026-06 · generation-weighted · CC-BY-4.0
Carbon intensity · 2026-06
157gCO₂e/kWh
#39 cleanest of 80 tracked (2025)
Renewables share
51.4%
clean incl. nuclear: 85.5%
Records
Cleanest: 157 (2026-06)
Dirtiest: 722 (2016-10)
The trend, year by year
| Year | gCO₂e/kWh | Δ | Renewables % | Generation TWh |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 320 | -4 | 28.4 | 36.4 |
| 2024 | 324 | -76 | 25.4 | 36.7 |
| 2023 | 400 | -143 | 19.8 | 39.7 |
| 2022 | 543 | +60 | 14.1 | 49.9 |
| 2021 | 483 | +44 | 17 | 46.6 |
| 2020 | 439 | -61 | 15.1 | 39.9 |
| 2019 | 500 | +1 | 13.1 | 43.4 |
| 2018 | 499 | -40 | 16.9 | 46.1 |
| 2017 | 539 | -1 | 13.1 | 44.6 |
| 2016 | 540 | -20 | 14.6 | 44.2 |
| 2015 | 560 | — | 16.7 | 47.9 |
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Open the globe →Source: "Monthly electricity data, Ember" (CC-BY-4.0). Yearly figures are generation-weighted (Σ emissions ÷ Σ generation, complete years only). Monthly statistical data — estimated, not live measurement. Cite as "Voltcast Research, voltcast.com/research/countries/bg".