Bulgaria’s February 2026 energy output slips across power, gas and solid fuels

Bulgaria saw a broad contraction in energy activity in February 2026, with declines spanning electricity generation, natural gas consumption and solid-fuel production and use. The Bulgarian National Statistical Institute data suggest the country’s energy throughput weakened across multiple segments at the same time—an outcome that can affect supply planning, fuel procurement and operating margins for market participants.

Electricity: lower generation and consumption

Electricity production in February 2026 fell by 15.1% compared with January, reaching 3,502 GWh. Electricity consumption declined by 13.6% month-on-month to 3,469 GWh.

On a year-on-year basis, electricity production dropped by 16.9% versus February 2025, while consumption decreased by 3.7%.

Natural gas: demand down while domestic output flat

Natural gas consumption also declined in February 2026, falling by 13.4% to 311 million cubic meters. Domestic natural gas production remained unchanged at 1 million cubic meters.

Compared with February 2025, gas consumption rose slightly by 1%, indicating that the month’s weakness was more pronounced on a sequential basis than on an annual one.

Oil products: mixed performance across petrol, diesel and LPG

In oil products, unleaded petrol production decreased by 5% to 115,000 tons, while consumption fell by 2.6% to 37,000 tons. Diesel production increased by 1.3% to 230,000 tons, but diesel consumption dropped significantly by 13.3% to 183,000 tons.

LPG showed growth on both sides of the balance: consumption rose by 3% to 34,000 tons and production increased sharply by 33.3% to 4,000 tons.

Solid fuels: steep contraction in coal-related activity

The solid fuels segment recorded the sharpest deterioration among the categories cited. Production fell by 40.4% to 1,337 thousand tons, while consumption declined by 39.7% to 1,386 thousand tons.

Taken together with the declines in electricity generation and gas demand earlier in the report period-by-period comparison suggests a strong contraction in coal-related energy activity during February.

Overall, Bulgaria’s February results show synchronized softness across key energy streams—electricity output and demand easing together with lower gas use and a steep drop in solid-fuel volumes—highlighting how quickly market conditions can shift across the power and fuel complex within a single month.