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In 2008, Spain consumed 88% of the average electricity consumption for a European Union 15 country. In 2009, Spain exported about 3% of the electricity it produced. The volume of renewable electricity produced in 2009 was 5% greater than in 2004, and accounted for about 26% of the electricity consumption.
Spain has seven operating nuclear reactors and in 2022 they generated 20.25% of the country’s electricity. [ 17 ] The government’s energy and climate plan specifies that installed nuclear capacity will remain at current levels of about 7,100 MW until at least 2025, and will then reduce to just over 3,000 MW from 2030 onwards.
This list of countries by electric energy consumption is mostly based on the Energy Information Administration. [2] ... Spain: 234,000: 2021 [4] EIA: 47,486,932: 2021 [5]
The government says that the latest hikes in electricity bills are driven by spiraling prices of so-called carbon certificates, which give companies the right to release carbon dioxide, gas ...
Components of renewable electricity coverage in Spain 2015. [20] In 2015, wind power provided the largest share at 19.1% followed by hydroelectric power at 11.1%. Solar power provided 5.2% and renewable thermal a further 2%. The total electricity supplied (demand coverage) from renewables was 37.4% of Spain's requirements in 2015.
Spain was an early leader in development of wind power, ranking second after Germany by installed capacity until 2006, when it was surpassed by the United States. In November 2009, a wind storm caused wind farms to produce a peak of 53% of total electricity demand (11.546 GW).
In 2022, solar power accounted for 11.5% of total electricity generation in Spain, up from 2.4% in 2010 and less than 0.1% in 2000. [4] [5] Industry organization Solar Power Europe projects Spain will more than double its solar PV capacity between 2022 and 2026. [6] [7] Spain is one of the European countries with the most hours of sunshine.
Red Eléctrica de España (Spanish pronunciation: [reð eˈleɣtɾika ðe esˈpaɲa]; REE) is a partly state-owned and public limited Spanish corporation which operates the national electricity grid in Spain, where it operates the national power transmission system. It also holds assets in Peru, Chile and Brazil. [2]