The coal sector in Bulgaria
Gross production of electricity in 2010 is 46.7 TWh, which is 8.5% higher than the production in 2009. The commercial export of electricity is 18.2% of the gross production. The structure of electricity production is dominated by thermal power plants using coal, followed by the nuclear power plant “Kozloduy”. Electricity produced from wind in 2010 is 681.4 GWh, which has grown almost 3 times compared to 2009 and represents 12.1% of gross electricity production from RES.