For the first nine months of 2017 the net electricity generation in the country was 30171 GWh or an increase of 3% compared to the same period of 2016 according to the database of ENTSOe. The structure of net electricity generation has been changed in favour of coals and adversely of the share of natural gas and low carbon energy-nuclear and renewable.

More electricity from coal-growth of 21%

From the beginning of the year till the end of September 2017 the net electricity generation from lignite coals on monthly basis was moving between 51 GWh and 565 GWh more than the same period in 2016. As a result of these stable growth the electricity generation from lignite coals reached 12731 GWh for the whole nine-month period or growth of 21,5 %. The generation of electricity from black coals remained insignificant-272 GWh for the whole period.

The natural gas lost position in the electricity generation – a decrease of 25%

On monthly basis the decrease of electricity generation of natural gas went between 12,8% and 52,8%  compared to the level for the same period in 2016, except February when there was a growth of 4,8% than in February 2016. For the whole period the net electricity generation was 1043 GWh or fall of 25,2%.

The nuclear energy – a decrease in the last 5 months

An insignificant decrease has been observed in the electricity generation from nuclear energy by 1,2% – for the nine-month period  it was 11 005 GWh.

RES: The fall of the solar and hydro[1] energy could not be compensated by more energy from wind and biomass

The RES electricity generation on monthly basis went down between 7% and 41,9%, except October when there was an insignificant growth of 0,2%. For the whole period the RES electricity accounted 4643 GWh or a decrease of 16,8%.

The major role of the decreased RES electricity generation played the significant fall of the hydro generation. For the whole period January-September the hydro energy was 2582 GWh or about 30% less than for the same period in 2016.

The generated electricity from wind capacities was 1088 GWh and demonstrated a growth of 20,5%. A biomass energy marked a positive trend too or a growth of 40,6%.

Electricity export and import both decreased

For the whole nine-month period of 2017 the electricity imported was 2745 GWh or by 845 GWh less than in the same period of 2016.  The export went down by 1434 GWh.

Consumption – 6% growth of national consumption

The national consumption was 25256 GWh or growth of almost 6% than in the same months of 2016.  The consumption of pumps also increased by 12,7% for the same period in 2016.