Spain's Telefonica to pursue 100% renewable energy by 2030
Dec 11, 2019 15:55 CESTNovember 6 (Renewables Now) - Renewables produced 40.9% of Spain’s power in the first 10 months of 2018, led by wind whose share in the mix arrived at 19.5%.
Nuclear power plants (NPPs) were the only source beating wind in the period, with a share of 22%, while hydropower plants ranked third with 14.4%. As for other renewables, solar photovoltaic (PV) parks had a 3.2% share, while solar thermal power plants fetched 2.1% of Spain’s electricity.
For the month of October, renewables had a share of 33.5%. Wind farms produced 4,322 GW, up by 35.6% from the previous year, and accounted for 20.6% of electricity generation.
The table shows where Spain’s power came from in October and in the 10 months.
Source (share in %) | Oct 2018 | 10-mo 2018 |
Nuclear | 24.5 | 22 |
Wind | 20.6 | 19.5 |
Hydro | 7.1 | 14.4 |
Coal | 16.2 | 13.8 |
Cogeneration | 11.9 | 11.6 |
Combined-cycle gas | 12.2 | 10 |
Solar (PV + CSP) | 4 | 5.3 |
Peninsular Spain’s power demand stood at 211,487 GWh in the 10 months and at 20,391 GWh in October.
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