Down by 10.2%: The energy exchange closed at a base energy price of BGN 162.34 per MWh with a delivery date of April 26, 2024.

The energy exchange within trading in the “day-ahead market” segment closed at an average base energy price (1-24 hours) of BGN 162.34 per MWh with a delivery date of April 26, 2024 and a volume of 70,335.10 MWh, the data show from trade. This is a decrease of 10.2% from the closing value of the previous trade.

The price of peak energy (9-20 hours) is BGN 142.69 per MWh, for a quantity of 36,655.10 MWh.

Off-peak energy (33,680.00 MWh) is priced at BGN 181.99 per MWh (1-8; 21-24 hours).

The exchange started at an average price of BGN 156.21 per MWh and a quantity of 2533.3 MWh.

The lowest price was reported for 12 hours – BGN 77.24 per MWh (3527.8 MWh).

The highest price of electricity traded in the “day-ahead market” segment was reached in 21 hours – BGN 287.31 per MWh for a quantity of 3159.7 MWh.

In 24 hours, the price of traded electricity in this segment is BGN 172.62 per MWh with a volume of 2589.6 MWh, according to https://ibex.bg/ data.

Compared to the value of BGN 180.74 per MWh (€92.41 per MWh) for April 25, the price of traded electricity with a delivery date of April 26, 2024 decreased to BGN 162.34 per MWh (a decrease of 10.2%) according to BNEB data or 83.00 euro per MWh.

When trading in the “intraday” market segment on April 25, 2024, the total traded volume of BNEB at the time of publication of the information was 4,348.40 MWh at a weighted average daily price of BGN 176.29 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 41.48% 1982.22
Condensation thermal power plants 19.53% 933.34
Heating thermal power plants 5.08% 242.93
Plant thermal power plant 2.56% 122.28
HPP 1.36% 64.76
Small hydroelectric plants 4.97% 237.27
VyaEP 0.51% 24.35
FEC 24.02% 1147.8
Bio EC 0.50% 23.66

Load of RB 3995.05

The intensity of CO2 is 280g (gCO₂eq/kWh) for Bulgaria at the time of publication of the information. For comparison, in Poland – 736, Czech Republic – 574g, Germany – 375g, Romania – 247g, Greece – 318g, and the lowest is in France – 43g, Switzerland – 77g, Portugal – 64g, Spain – 107g, Belgium – 105g.