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Renewables 2020
…wind and hydropower are taking global renewable capacity additions to a new record this year, accounting for almost 90% of the increase in total power capacity worldwide. Solar PV growth is expected to remain stable as a faster expansion of utility-scale projects compensates for the decline in rooftop additions resulting from individuals and companies reprioritising investments. Wind and solar PV additions are set to jump by 30% in both the People’s Republic of China (“China”) and the United States as developers rush to complete projects before changes in policy take effect.The renewables industry has adapted quickly to…
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Spain 2021
…on the 2050 objectives of national climate neutrality, 100% renewable energy in the electricity mix and 97% renewable energy in the total energy mix. As such, it is centred on the massive development of renewable energy, particularly solar and wind; energy efficiency; electrification; and renewable hydrogen. This is seen as an opportunity to stimulate the economy; create jobs; modernise industry; enhance competitiveness; support vulnerable groups; improve energy security; and support research, development and innovation.Notwithstanding its considerable progress to date on decarbonising and increasing the share of renewables in the electricity sector, Spain’s total energy mix is still heavily…
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Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Spain 2015 Review
…on energy imports has decreased markedly, in part thanks to a rapid increase in renewable energy supply. Spain’s security of supply has further been improved with diversified import sources and enhanced storage capacity for both oil and gas.In the electricity sector, Spain has built a large, diverse and reliable power generation fleet. After several years of efforts, the government has now also managed to solve the massive imbalance between the electricity system’s regulated costs and revenues. The broad and deep electricity market reform has fundamentally changed the remuneration scheme for renewable energy. Spain must now maintain its…
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Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Spain 2009
…technology, and succeeded in integrating large amounts of intermittent power in the electricity grid. Along with other IEA member countries, Spain has set ambitious climate and energy security targets. Achieving these will require a transition to a low-carbon economy. Spain will need to increase its efforts to reduce CO2 emissions, particularly in the transport but also in the critical power sector. As fossil fuels still provide more than half of electricity, Spain will need to keep open all the options – including nuclear, renewables, and the technology of carbon capture and storage – for making its power sector less carbon-intensive.
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Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Spain 2001
Energy Policy Review Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Spain 2001 The International Energy Agency's 2001 review of Spains energy policies and programmes. This edition finds that due to Spain’s geographical setting and limited domestic energy resources, security of supply is a core objective of Spanish energy policy. Energy supply grew by some 3.5% per year from 1996 to 1999 and electricity consumption by 6% per year. Spain is increasingly dependent on imported energy. As Spanish energy markets are being liberalised, it is essential for the government to ensure that it sends signals to the markets which evoke…
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Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Spain 2005
Energy Policy Review Energy Policies of IEA Countries: Spain 2005 This International Energy Agency review of energy policies and programmes systematically examines Spain's general energy policy including energy policy as it relates to the environment, energy demand, and energy end-use efficiency as well as energy policy concerning oil, coal, natural gas, renewables, electricity, and nuclear power. It also reviews research and development activities and presents key statistics. It finds that meeting its Kyoto target will be a major challenge for Spain, and makes a series of recommendations on that and other issues including gas storage and electricity interconnections…
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Spain Electricity Security Policy
…The completed phase-out of coal, the process of phasing out nuclear and the further rapid development of variable renewables, pose new sets of challenges for electricity security. The challenges are twofold - on the infrastructure side it is about ensuring sufficient system adequacy, be it through domestic capacities or interconnections. On the policies and operability side, it is about building and managing an electricity market that meets with political ambitions and environmental requirements, while assuring uninterrupted supplies. A new and increasingly important challenge lays with securing critical minerals indispensable to deploying adequate capacities of renewable generation. Electricity infrastructure Network : transmission…
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Spain Oil Security Policy
Country Energy Security Policy - Oil Oil overview Spain is almost entirely reliant on crude oil imports, after a steady, albeit slow increase in imports since 2011. The country has a negligible oil production but the processing capacity at its eight refineries exceeds domestic needs and makes Spain a net-exporter of oil products. According to Spain’s National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), which targets carbon neutrality in 2050, oil consumption will drop by 23% over the next 10 years, contributing to a 31% cut of overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over the period. This will come about due to…
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Spain Natural Gas Security Policy
…as well as authorising infrastructure, including high-pressure grids, LNG terminals and subterranean storage. It also enforces safety regulations, ensures security of supply (including strategic reserves obligations and supply diversification requirements), ensures gas quality, promotion of renewable gases (biogas, bio-methane and hydrogen), and oversees revenues and third-party access tariffs for underground storage. Natural gas infrastructure Networks: transmission and distribution The Spanish gas transport grid reached a total length of 13 361 km of pipelines in 2019, with seven LNG terminals (six operating) and four underground storage facilities, providing natural gas to 1 805 municipalities), and over 7.9…
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Spain Climate Resilience Policy Indicator
Country summary Average annual temperatures increased in the Iberian Peninsula in the past five decades, extending the length of summer and the number of heatwave days. The temperature is projected to continue rising, more quickly in the summer than in other seasons, and more markedly in inland regions than in coastal areas. Warming is expected to raise electricity demand for air conditioning while reducing gas demand for heating.National average precipitation is projected to decrease throughout the 21st century, with more frequent and longer droughts and less runoff. While lower precipitation and runoff may put stress on hydropower and thermal…