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The participation of renewable energy sources (RES) in the transmission network increased by 25.56 percent for the period January 1, 2022 - September 18, 2022 compared to the same period last year.

This is shown by the data from the latest operational report on the energy balance in the country of the Electricity System Operator (ESO), published on the operator's website.

In addition, RES participation in the distribution network increased by 14.73 percent.

Electricity production in Bulgaria increased by 13.75 percent for the period under review.

From the beginning of the year to September 18, electricity production was reported in the amount of 37,210,466 megawatt hours, while for the same period last year it was 32,711,225 megawatt hours.

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Electricity consumption in the country decreased by 0.13 percent for the specified period.

From the beginning of the year to September 18, 27,373,383 megawatt hours of electricity were consumed, while for the same period in 2021, consumption was 27,409,957 megawatt hours.

The data show that for the period January 1 - September 18, 2022, compared to January 1 - September 18 last year, the balance (export-import) increased by 85.56 percent.

However, the statistics of the ESO show that this indicator regularly falls, and in the first half of the year it was regularly over 100 percent.

The participation of base stations from the beginning of the year to September 18 on an annual basis increased by 19.40 percent, the operator calculates.

During this period, 31,353,307 megawatt-hours of electricity were produced by base plants, while a year earlier in the same period, electricity from them was 26,257,964 megawatt-hours.

A decline in electricity produced by hydroelectric power continues to be observed - this time by 25.72 percent for the period January 1 - September 18, 2022 compared to January 1 - September 18, 2021, the ESO report also indicates.

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