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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>Solar power in Bulgaria was expanded by 100 <a href="/facts/Megawatt/VK8oqRrm">megawatts</a> (MW) in 2011. A 16.2 MW <a href="/facts/Photovoltaic_power_station/gPf4oQNW">solar power plant</a> in <a href="/facts/Zdravets%2c_Haskovo_Province/xc5pN3oQ">Zdravetz</a>, <a href="/facts/Bulgaria/Er5pY3YS">Bulgaria</a> was expected to be completed in June 2012, with power being sold for $0.30/<a href="/facts/Kilowatt-hour/qvVkEmPH">kWh</a> in a fixed rate 20 year <a href="/facts/Power_purchase_agreement/Wj74USzN">power purchase agreement</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a> </p><p>Since then, however, new installations have nearly come to a halt, with only about 12 MW of additional capacity installed during 2013 and 2014. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th rowspan="2">Year</th><th colspan="2">Photovoltaics</th></tr><tr><th>MW<a href="/facts/Watt-peak/tFTC5jCa">p</a></th><th><a href="/facts/Gigawatt-hour/qvVkEmPH">GWh</a></th></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>1.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>5.7</td><td>3.3</td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>35</td><td>15</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>141</td><td>120</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>1,010</td><td>n.a.</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>1,020</td><td>1,349</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>1,022</td><td>1,245</td></tr><tr><td>2015<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></td><td>1,041</td><td>1,391</td></tr><tr><td>2016<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></td><td>1,043</td><td>1,392</td></tr><tr><td>2017<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></td><td>1,046</td><td>1,408</td></tr><tr><td>2018<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></td><td>1,052</td><td>1,381</td></tr><tr><td>2019<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></td><td>1,059</td><td>1,252</td></tr><tr><td>2020<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></td><td>1,121</td><td>1,478</td></tr><tr><td>2021<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></td><td>1,246</td><td>1,488</td></tr><tr><td>2022 <a href="https://mc-cd8320d4-36a1-40ac-83cc-3389-cdn-endpoint.azureedge.net/-/media/Files/IRENA/Agency/Publication/2023/Mar/IRENA_RE_Capacity_Statistics_2023.pdf?rev=b357baf054584e589c8ab635140d0596">[4]</a></td><td>1,948</td><td></td></tr><tr><th colspan="3">Source: IEA-PVPS/EPIA for capacity,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> <i>Photovoltaic Barometer</i>for generation,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> previous<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21"><sup>21</sup></a></th></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="current-and-upcoming-projects">Current and upcoming projects</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>PV power station</th><th>Location</th><th>Capacity in<p>MWp</p></th><th>Commissioning</th><th>Notes/ref</th></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Karadzhalovo_Solar_Park/2Q2hYu0t">Karadzhalovo Solar Park</a></td><td>Karadzhalovo</td><td>60</td><td>2012</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/facts/Pobeda_Solar_Park/tputbC8A">Pobeda Solar Park</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Pleven_Province/vfYl4qcX">Pleven Province</a></td><td>51</td><td>2012</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Verila Solar 1</td><td><a href="/facts/Dupnitsa_Municipality/E4yqXzqQ">Dupnitsa Municipality</a></td><td>124</td><td>2023</td><td><a href="https://balkangreenenergynews.com/eurohold-building-bulgarias-largest-solar-power-plant/">[5]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Bobov Dol Solar Park</td><td><a href="/facts/Golemo_Selo/SqSHRbgl">Golemo Selo</a></td><td>100</td><td>2024</td><td><a href="https://www.capital.bg/biznes/energetika/2023/02/10/4447844_solaren_park_za_100_mln_lv_shte_stroi_svurzvaniia_s/">[6]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Kyustendil</td><td><a href="/facts/Kyustendil/R2mmetgh">Kyustendil</a></td><td>More than 100</td><td>Concept stage</td><td><a href="https://bnr.bg/post/101771309/kustendil-shte-izgrajda-fotovoltaichen-park">[7]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Ogosta floating solar park</td><td><a href="/facts/Ogosta_Reservoir/XlIYMpVs">Ogosta Reservoir</a></td><td>500 to 800</td><td>Concept stage</td><td><a href="https://www.economic.bg/bg/a/view/plavashtata-solarna-centrala-v-jazovir-ogosta-shte-zaraboti-do-4-godini">[8]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Verila Solar 2</td><td><a href="/facts/Dupnitsa_Municipality/E4yqXzqQ">Dupnitsa Municipality</a></td><td>50</td><td>2023</td><td><a href="https://balkangreenenergynews.com/eurohold-building-bulgarias-largest-solar-power-plant/">[9]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Chirpan solar power plant</td><td><a href="/facts/Chirpan/vj0rLPSU">Chirpan</a></td><td>160</td><td>2024</td><td><a href="https://balkangreenenergynews.com/austria-based-enery-preparing-to-build-bulgarias-biggest-solar-park/">[10]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Dalgo Pole PV park (Phase 1,2,3)</td><td><a href="/facts/Kaloyanovo_Municipality/8SLKApnW">Kaloyanovo Municipality</a></td><td>208</td><td>2023</td><td><a href="https://www.sens-energy.com/de/portfolio/default-880a236e7e/">[11]</a><a href="https://www.lsg-group.eu/de/baustart-dalgo-pole-c/">[12]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Knizhovnik Solar PV Park</td><td><a href="/facts/Haskovo_Province/g4dHHx5G">Haskovo Province</a></td><td>400</td><td>Concept stage</td><td><a href="https://balkangreenenergynews.com/enery-bg-1-plans-to-build-400-mw-solar-power-plant-in-southern-bulgaria/">[13]</a><a href="https://www.marica.bg/region/haskovo/glasuvaha-1402-dka-za-fotovoltaici-mejdu-knijovnik-i-dolno-voyvodino">[14]</a><a href="https://www.xnews.bg/nikola-gazdov-ochakvame-dogodina-da-startira-stroitelstvo-na-solarnija-park-do-knizhovnik/">[15]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Tenevo solar power plant</td><td><a href="/facts/Yambol_Province/NfeoCzAb">Yambol Province</a></td><td>238</td><td>2025</td><td><a href="https://kinsights.capital.bg/energy/2022/09/07/4344775_jens_rasmussen_we_are_starting_a_project_for_250_mw_of/">[16]</a><a href="https://www.economic.bg/bg/a/view/zapochva-izgrajdaneto-na-hibriden-vei-kompleks-kraj-jambol?fbclid=IwAR0vg--zo0mWHVMYe1YlmlPsoEHvVxThlKpUnXv1MRNs5z57UWVT4OgL1XE">[17]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Apriltsi Photovoltaic Park</td><td><a href="/facts/Pazardzhik_Province/aJnJEqG2">Pazardzhik Province</a></td><td>300</td><td>2023</td><td><a href="https://sgrup.bg/projects-in-development/">[18]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Galabovo Solar PV Park</td><td><a href="/facts/Galabovo/s73HEHwW">Galabovo</a></td><td>150</td><td>2023</td><td><a href="https://www.dker.bg/uploads/_CGCalendar/2023/dokl-lic-galabovo-solar-1jan2023.pdf">[19]</a><a href="https://www.dker.bg/uploads/reshenia/2023/res_l_667_23.pdf">[20]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Terasol Solar Park</td><td><a href="/facts/Stara_Zagora_Province/AAnNmNUp">Stara Zagora Province</a></td><td>116</td><td>2023</td><td><a href="https://www.dker.bg/uploads/reshenia/2023/res-l-669-2023.pdf">[21]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Ravnets PV Solar + Hydrogen Park</td><td><a href="/facts/Ravnets_Air_Base/YX90crTw">Ravnets Air Base</a></td><td>120</td><td>Concept stage</td><td><a href="https://bnr.bg/burgas/post/101808277/ravnec">[22]</a></td></tr><tr><td>"Golf" PV Park</td><td><a href="/facts/Sliven_Municipality/0H86Qw9G">Sliven Municipality</a></td><td>40</td><td>2023</td><td><a href="https://www.dker.bg/uploads/reshenia/2022/res_l_649_22.pdf">[23]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Winslow PV Park</td><td><a href="/facts/Malko_Tarnovo/w3zLHF5q">Malko Tarnovo</a></td><td>36</td><td>2023</td><td><a href="https://www.dker.bg/uploads/reshenia/2023/res-l-668-2023.pdf">[24]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Gabare PV Park</td><td><a href="/facts/Byala_Slatina_Municipality/bVHQAWBK">Byala Slatina Municipality</a></td><td>450</td><td>Concept stage</td><td><a href="https://enery-element.eu/pdfs/220907-Uvedomlenie-DSP.pdf">[25]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Aratiden PV Park</td><td><a href="/facts/Kyustendil_Municipality/ajSLcSnW">Kyustendil</a></td><td>100</td><td>2024</td><td><a href="https://www.dker.bg/uploads/reshenia/2023/res_l_687_23.pdf">[26]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Saint George solar park</td><td><a href="/facts/Silistra_Province/5RNUyPes">Silistra Province</a></td><td>229</td><td>2024</td><td><a href="https://balkangreenenergynews.com/rezolv-energy-acquires-rights-to-develop-bulgarias-largest-solar-plant/">[27]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Hadjidimitrovo-Kronos</td><td><a href="/facts/Kazanlak/lGPDArMj">Kazanlak</a></td><td>80</td><td>2024</td><td><a href="https://www.dker.bg/uploads/reshenia/2023/res-l-694-07jul2023.pdf">[28]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Belozem Solar Park 2</td><td><a href="/facts/Stara_Zagora_Province/AAnNmNUp">Stara Zagora Province</a></td><td>100</td><td>2024</td><td><a href="https://www.economic.bg/bg/a/view/nov-solaren-park-za-100-mln-evro-shte-byde-izgraden-kraj-myglij">[29]</a></td></tr><tr><td>Tsenovo Solar</td><td><a href="/facts/Tsenovo%2c_Ruse_Province/uFYtTr2g">Tsenovo, Ruse Province</a></td><td>80</td><td>2025</td><td><a href="https://www.dker.bg/uploads/protokoli/zz/2023/prot_zz_261_23.pdf">[30]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Bulgaria portal</li><li>Energy portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Solar_power/NpgmEbU2">Solar power</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Solar_power_by_country/1WIyWhRx">Solar power by country</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Solar_power_in_the_European_Union/z2HcNgoj">Solar power in the European Union</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Growth_of_photovoltaics/q7Tgz3Gz">Growth of photovoltaics</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Wind_power_in_Bulgaria/PXAYJAsV">Wind power in Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Hydroelectricity_in_Bulgaria/Wk1Iu4N3">Hydroelectricity in Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/List_of_renewable_energy_topics_by_country/LqFVJAU8">Renewable energy by country</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Срив при тока от въглища и рекорд за ВЕИ през юни в България". 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