Bulgaria

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Fossil fuels Nuclear Renewables
Solid Liquid Gas Uranium Hydro Other renewable
Total amount 2111.8 c.d.* 29.94 —** —** —**

TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS

2000 2005 2010 2014 2015 2017
2018*
Compound annual growth rate 2000–2018 (%)
Total energy consumption (EJ)** 0.78 0.84 0.75 0.75 0.78 0.79 0.79 -0.07
Solids*** 0.27 0.29 0.29 0.27 0.28 0.26 0.24 0.65
Liquids 0.18 0.21 0.17 0.17 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.30
Gases 0.12 0.12 0.10 0.10 0.11 0.12 0.11 -0.48
Nuclear 0.20 0.20 0.16 0.17 0.16 0.16 0.17 -0.09
Hydro 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 3.93
Other renewables 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.09 8.72
Total energy production (EJ) 0.41 0.45 0.44 0.47 0.50 0.49 0.50 1.11
Solids*** 0.18 0.17 0.21 0.21 0.24 0.24 0.21 0.86
Liquids 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0
Gases 0.00 0.02 0.00 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0
Nuclear 0.20 0.20 0.16 0.17 0.16 0.16 0.17 -0.90
Hydro 0.01 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.02 3.93
Other renewables 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.07 0.09 8.72
Net import (imports - exports) (EJ) 0.36 0.40 0.30 0.26 0.29 0.31 0.29 -1.19

TABLE 3. INSTALLED CAPACITY ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION

2000 2005 2010 2015 2017
2018*
Compound annual growth rate 2000–2018(%)
Capacity of electrical plants (GW)
Thermal 6 7 5 4 4 4 -2.33
Hydro 2 3 3 3 3 3 2.18
Nuclear 4 3 2 2 2 2 -3.78
Wind 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Geothermal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other renewables 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Total 12 13 10 11 11 11 -0.48
Electricity production (TW·h)
Thermal 20 21 25 25 24 23 0.78
Hydro 3 5 6 6 3 5 2.88
Nuclear 18 18 15 15 16 16 -0.65
Wind 0 0 1 1 2 1 0
Geothermal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other renewables 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Total** 41 44 47 48 46 46 0.64
Total electricity consumption (TW·h) 32 32 33 33 35 34 0.34

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

2000 2005 2010 2015 2017 2018*
Energy consumption (GJ/capita) 95.49 108.63 99.24 108.72 111.83 112.91
Final electricity consumption (kW·h/capita) 2968.2 3322.5 3597.3 3946.2 4226.8 4255.3
Final consumption of electricity in households (kW·h/capita) 1206.6 1168.7 1401.5 1482.9 1574.0 1560.6
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 30.3 28.7 33.4 32.8 29.4 33.08
Nuclear/Total electricity (%) 46.5 43.7 32.9 31.5 34.6 35.0
Ratio of external dependency (%) 46.4 47.3 40.3 36.5 39.5 36.5

TABLE 6. STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor Unit Shutdown Reason Decommissioning Strategy Current Decommissioning Phase Decommissioning Licensee License Terminated
Year
Kozloduy-1 Resolution of the Council of Ministries on 31 December 2002 Immediate dismantling
Partial dismantling SE RAW 2030
Kozloduy-2 Resolution of the Council of Ministries on 31 December 2002 Immediate dismantling
Partial dismantling SE RAW 2030
Kozloduy-3 Resolution of the Council of Ministries on 31 December 2006 Immediate dismantling
Partial dismantling SE RAW 2030
Kozloduy-4 Resolution of the Council of Ministries on 31 December 2006 Immediate dismantling
Partial dismantling SE RAW 2030

TABLE 7. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor unit/Project name Owner Type Capacity in MW(e) Expected construction start year Expected commercial year
KNPP-7/Kozloduy 7 Kozloduy NPP–New Build PWR up to 1200 MW —* —*

TABLE 8. SPENT FUEL INVENTORY

WWER-440 WWER-1000 Total
Fuel baskets/ CONSTOR casks Fuel assemblies Fuel baskets Fuel assemblies Fuel baskets/ CONSTOR casks Fuel assemblies
Spent Fuel Pools 5 and 6 - - - 380/361 - 741
Wet storage facility 56 1604 67 804 123 2408
Dry storage facility 15 1260 - - 15 1260