Bulgaria

TABLE 3. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Estimated available energy sources
 Fossil Fuels Nuclear  Renewables
Solid1) Liquid2) Gas3) Uranium4) Hydro Other Renewable
 Total amount in specific units* 1700.7 .. 12.8 .    

TABLE 4. ENERGY STATISTICS (IN EJ)

Year 2000 2005 2010 2014 Compound Annual Growth Rate (%)
2000 to 2014
Gross energy consumption**
- Total 0.80 0.84 0.75 0.76 -0.37
- Solids*** 0.28 0.29 0.29 0.27 -0.26
- Liquids 0.18 0.21 0.17 0.17 -0.41
- Gases 0.12 0.12 0.10 0.10 -1.29
- Nuclear 0.21 0.20 0.16 0.17 -1.50
- Hydro 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 5.80
- Other renewables 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.06 8.16
Electricity 0.02 0.03 0.03 0.03 2.94
Primary energy production
- Total 0.43 0.44 0.45 0.47 0.64
- Solids*** 0.19 0.17 0.21 0.21 0.72
- Liquids 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
- Gases 0.00 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.00
- Nuclear 0.21 0.20 0.16 0.17 -1.50
- Hydro 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 5.08
- Other renewables 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.06 8.16
Net import (Import - Export)
- Total 0.37 0.40 0.30 0.27 -2.23

TABLE 5. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY

Year 2000 2005 2010 2014 Compound Annual Growth Rate (%)
2000 to 2014
Capacity of electrical plants (GWe)
- Thermal 6 7 5 5 -1.29
- Hydro 2 3 3 3 2.94
- Nuclear 4 3 2 2 -4.83
- Wind 0 0 0 1 0.00
- Geothermal 0 0 0 0 0.00
- Other renewable 0 0 0 1 0.00
- Total 12 13 13 12 0.00
Electricity production (TW.h)
- Thermal 20 21 25 24 1.31
- Hydro 3 5 6 5 3.72
- Nuclear 18 18 15 16 -0.84
- Wind 0 0 1 1 0.00
- Geothermal 0 0 0 0 0.00
- Other renewable 0 0 0 1 0.00
- Total** 41 44 47 47 0.98
Total electricity consumption (TW.h) 32 32 33 33 0.22

TABLE 6. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

Year 2000 2005 2010 2014*
Gross energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 98.39 108.86 98.81 103.00
Electricity consumption per capita (kW.h/capita)
Final consumption of electricity per capita - kWh 2953 3318 3593 3827
Final consumption of electricity in households per capita - kWh 1207 1169 1450 1466
Electricity production/ Primary energy production (%) 34.9 -36.4 37.8 36.2
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) 43.9 40.9 31.9 34.0
Ratio of external dependency (%)** 46.0 47.5 40.5 35.6

TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2015

Reactor Unit Type Net
Capacity
[MW(e)]		 Status Operator Reactor
Supplier		 Construction
Date		 First
Criticality
Date		 First Grid
Date		 Commercial
Date		 Shutdown
Date		 UCF
for
2015
KOZLODUY-5 PWR 963 Operational KOZNPP AEE 1980-07-09 1987-11-05 1987-11-29 1988-12-23 89.5
KOZLODUY-6 PWR 963 Operational KOZNPP AEE 1982-04-01 1991-05-29 1991-08-02 1993-12-30 85.2
KOZLODUY-1 PWR 408 Permanent Shutdown KOZNPP AEE 1970-04-01 1974-06-30 1974-07-24 1974-10-28 2002-12-31
KOZLODUY-2 PWR 408 Permanent Shutdown KOZNPP AEE 1970-04-01 1975-08-22 1975-08-24 1975-11-10 2002-12-31
KOZLODUY-3 PWR 408 Permanent Shutdown KOZNPP AEE 1973-10-01 1980-12-04 1980-12-17 1981-01-20 2006-12-31
KOZLODUY-4 PWR 408 Permanent Shutdown KOZNPP AEE 1973-10-01 1982-04-25 1982-05-17 1982-06-20 2006-12-31
BELENE-1 PWR 953 Cancelled Constr. KOZNPP ASE 1987-01-01 2012-03-28
BELENE-2 PWR 953 Cancelled Constr. KOZNPP ASE 1987-03-31 2012-03-28
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).
Note: Table 7 is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report.

TABLE 8. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station/Project Name Type Capacity Expected Construction Start Year Expected Commercial Year
 KNPP-7  PWR up to 1200 MW  N.A.  N.A.