Strong decrease by 44.9%: The energy exchange closed at a base energy price of BGN 126.97 per MWh with a delivery date of November 18, 2023.

The energy exchange within trading in the “day-ahead market” segment closed at an average base energy price (1-24 hours) of BGN 126.97 per MWh with a delivery date of November 18, 2023 and a volume of 77,287.10 MWh, the data show from trade. This is a decrease of 44.9% from the closing value of the previous trade.

The price of peak energy (9-20 hours) is BGN 117.36 per MWh, for a quantity of 41,213.10 MWh.

Off-peak energy (36,074.00 MWh) is priced at BGN 136.57 per MWh (1-8; 21-24 hours).

The exchange started at an average price of BGN 216.24 per MWh and a quantity of 2778.5 MWh.

The lowest price was recorded for 13 hours – BGN 0.39 per MWh (3431.4 MWh).

The highest price of electricity traded in the “day-ahead market” segment was reached in 18 hours – BGN 238.61 per MWh for a quantity of 3460.3 MWh.

In 24 hours, the price of traded electricity in this segment is BGN 19.56 per MWh with a volume of 3484.8 MWh, according to https://ibex.bg/ data.

Compared to the value of BGN 230.55 per MWh (EUR 117.88 per MWh) for November 17, 2023, the price of traded electricity with a delivery date of November 18 drops to BGN 126.97 per MWh (down by 44.9%) according to BNEB data or 64.92 euros per MWh.

When trading in the “intraday” market segment on November 17, 2023, the total traded volume of BNEB at the time of publication of the information was 4,706.20 MWh at a weighted average daily price of BGN 223.80 per MWh.

As of the publication of the information, the operational data of the Electricity System Operator (ESO) of Bulgaria for generation and load, which do not reflect the commercial exchange, as well as the energy exchanges on the line of ENTSO-E, indicate that the system involves:

Name MW

NPP 40.64% 2006.63
Condensation thermal power plants 28.66% 1415.06
Heating thermal power plants 7.57% 373.96
Factory thermal power plant 2.11% 104.15
HPP 0.66% 32.81
Small hydropower plants 1.48% 72.92
VyaEP 3.90% 192.32
FEC 14.46% 714.06
Bio EC 0.51% 25.37

Cargo of RB 4733.18

The intensity of CO2 is 388g (gCO₂eq/kWh) for Bulgaria at the time of publication of the information. For comparison, in Poland – 825g, Czech Republic – 548g, Germany – 592g, Romania – 379g, Greece – 249g, and the lowest is in France – 67g, Switzerland – 62g, Southern Italy – 88g.