Renewable energy in Spain
Renewable energy in Spain represented 42.8% of total energy generation in 2014. Overall 27.4% of Spain's electricity was generated from wind and solar in 2014.[1] Spain has set the target of generating 45% of its energy needs from renewable energy sources.
In the first half of 2013 the renewable energy sector in Spain underwent a major restructuring that will make the official targets very hard to meet.[2] [3]
Wind power
Spain is the world's fourth biggest producer of wind power. In 2014, the year-end installed capacity was 23 GW and the annual production was 51,439 GWh, a share of total electricity consumption of 21.1%.[4]
Solar power
In 2005 Spain became the first country in Europe to require the installation of photovoltaic electricity generation in new buildings, and the second in the world (after Israel) to require the installation of solar hot water systems.[5]
With the construction of the PS10, located near Seville, Spain became the first country to ever have a commercial solar energy power tower.[6]
Production
Production by source and Autonomous Community:
| Autonomous Community | Hydroelectric power | Wind power | Solar power | Biomass power | Solid waste power | Total Renewable Generation | Total Electricity Demand | % Renewable of Total Electricity Demand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castile and León | 6960 | 3840 | 14 | 274 | 87 | 11175 | 15793 | 70.8% |
| Galicia | 7561 | 5970 | 1 | 242 | 317 | 14091 | 20279 | 69.5% |
| La Rioja | 124 | 897 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1027 | 1860 | 55.2% |
| Aragón | 3073 | 3342 | 1 | 63 | 8 | 6487 | 11885 | 54.6% |
| Navarre | 379 | 2248 | 28 | 269 | 0 | 2924 | 5401 | 54.1% |
| Extremadura | 2244 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2245 | 5076 | 44.2% |
| Castile-La Mancha | 710 | 3935 | 8 | 99 | 34 | 4786 | 12686 | 37.7% |
| Asturias | 1680 | 357 | 0 | 221 | 400 | 2658 | 12391 | 21.5% |
| Cantabria | 875 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 927 | 5693 | 16.3% |
| Catalonia | 3223 | 301 | 7 | 77 | 241 | 3849 | 48498 | 7.9% |
| Andalusia | 946 | 1042 | 5 | 728 | 0 | 2721 | 40737 | 6.7% |
| Basque Country | 336 | 339 | 3 | 55 | 326 | 1059 | 20934 | 5.1% |
| Valencia | 1041 | 266 | 13 | 55 | 0 | 1375 | 27668 | 5.0% |
| Canary Islands | 0 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 288 | 9372 | 3.1% |
| Balearic Islands | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 138 | 6235 | 2.2% |
| Murcia | 65 | 93 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 176 | 8334 | 2.1% |
| Madrid | 83 | 0 | 8 | 58 | 330 | 479 | 30598 | 1.6% |
| Ceuta & Melilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 391 | 0.5% |
| SPAIN | 29301 | 22924 | 97 | 2167 | 1921 | 56410 | 283829 | 19.9% |
See also
- Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía (IDAE)
- Iberdrola Renovables
- Renewable energy in the European Union
References
External links
- Renewables 2050. A report on the potential for renewable energies in peninsular Spain (Green Peace).
- ASIF.
- Protermosolar.
- Renewable Energy in Spain: Details on the Government's New feed-in tariff (FIT) Regulation
- ISTAS analysis of the flawed Calzada report. In Spanish.
- Spain Rejects Calzada "Spanish Jobs" Study. - NRDC summary of the response of the Spanish government and ISTAS to the Calzada report.
- - US National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Response to the Report Study of the Effects on Employment of Public Aid to Renewable Energy Sources from King Juan Carlos University (Spain), authors Eric Lantz and Suzanne Tegen, White Paper NREL/TP-6A2-46261, August 2009
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