Electricity Output Up by 5.7% in 2022 Y/Y

Jerusalem, 5 January, 2023 (TPS) -- SOFIA, 05.01.2023 (BTA)
Between January 1 2022 and December 31 2022, electricity production in Bulgaria increased by 5.7% year-on-year, according to data of the Electricity System Operator published on Thursday. In 2022, electricity output stood at 50,421,705 MWh, compared with 47,700,415 MWh in 2021.

Electricity consumption declined by 1, 81% in 2022, to 38,176,875MWh, from 38,881,406 MWh in 2021.

Between January and December 2022 the electricity balance between exports and imports increased by 38.85% year-on-year.

Electricity from baseload capacities increased by 8.87% from 2021. In 2022 baseload capacities produced 42,857,212 MWh of electricity, compared with 39,364,340 MWh a year earlier.

RES electricity increased by 22.66% between January and December 2022, compared with the like period of 2021. RES electricity in the grid increased by 13.25%.
Output from hydropower facilities decreased by 25.75% in 2022 from a year earlier.