April 1 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's electricity production dropped by 16.1% on the year in January, reaching 3,723 GWh, which also represented a monthly fall of 1.3%, the statistical office said on Monday.
No annual increases were recorded in the output of any of the energy product categories monitored, the National Statistical Institute (NSI) said in a regular data release.
Solid fuels marked the largest annual drop in output, at 48.8% to 1.56 million tonnes, as well as the biggest monthly fall, at 27.4%.
Meanwhile, liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) posted the highest monthly rise in output, at 33.3% to 4,000 tonnes, but sank by 42.9% in annual terms.
Bulgaria's overall output of oil products fell by 19% year-on-year to 523,000 tonnes in January and was also 7.8% lower than a month earlier.
In terms of energy products deliveries, petrol recorded the biggest annual increase, at 420% to 52,000 tonnes. It also represented the highest monthly rise, at 36.8%.
Solid fuels registered the steepest annual decline, at 44.1% to some 1.63 million tonnes, along with the largest monthly fall, at 27.7%.
Overall deliveries of oil products were 4.5% higher than in December and 7.8% higher compared to January 2023, at 347,000 tonnes, the data from NSI showed.
Below are the figures on Bulgaria's output and deliveries of electricity and fuels in January:
.Production |
Quantity |
y/y % change |
m/m % change |
Electricity |
3,723 GWh |
-16.1 |
-1.3 |
Solid fuels |
1,559,000 t |
-48.8 |
-27.4 |
Oil products |
523,000 t |
-19.0 |
-7.8 |
-petrol |
146,000 t |
-11.5 |
6.6 |
-diesel |
236,000 t |
-25.8 |
-14.5 |
-LPG |
4,000 t |
-42.9 |
33.3 |
Natural gas |
1 mcm |
0.0 |
0.0 |
.Deliveries |
|
|
|
Electricity |
3,711 GWh |
10.3 |
9.2 |
Solid fuels |
1,625,000 t |
-44.1 |
-27.7 |
Oil products |
347,000 t |
7.8 |
4.5 |
-petrol |
52,000 t |
420.0 |
36.8 |
-diesel |
207,000 t |
-6.8 |
8.4 |
-LPG |
39,000 t |
5.4 |
-11.4 |
Natural gas |
297 mcm |
14.2 |
1.7 |
mcm = million cubic metres.
Source: NSI.