Spain will remain an ‘energy island’ despite future links with France

this European Union aims to strengthen energy sovereignty and reduce its enormous dependence on energy. Russia. For this purpose, the European Commission proposed a continental strategy called RePower EU with an investment of 210,000 million. Among the initiatives included in the plan are Brussels, construction of new energy connections as one of the member states priority actions To disconnect from Russian hydrocarbons.

Spain is suffering lack of interconnection Francespecially electricBetween the two countries alone, it has a carrying capacity equivalent to 2.8% of Spanish electric power, which is currently around 3,000 MW. As El Periódico de España reported, both countries contemplated the launch of three new interconnections that have accumulated huge delays and have been reluctant to promote them, especially in France in recent years.

The Iberian Peninsula is considered ‘energy island’ Due to the very low electricity connectivity with Europe and this is why the EU allows Spain and Portugal to take special and different measures to curb the increase in electricity by imposing a cap on the gas price. But even with the construction of the three planned interconnections, it will be and will continue to be much more difficult for Spain to remove the ‘energy island’ label. below link targets once marked by Brussels.

The Red Eléctrica Group (renamed Redeia), the operator of the Spanish electricity system, is currently a member of the European Union. commitment to promoting and accelerating interconnections priority. “The urgency now belongs to Europe. The process cannot be stopped,” Redeia president Beatriz Corredor said during a meeting with the media this Tuesday. However, it is warned that with the three interconnections planned by 2030, even the target of reaching 10% of power that the EU needs by 2020 will not be met.

Very low electricity connection between Spain and France below 3% Energy (with 3,000 MW), although the community target is to reach 10% by 2020 and 15% by 2030. For 2030, more is planned and interconnection will be increased to 8,000 MW via Navarra and Aragón. “Even so, then we won’t reach 10%,” Corredor said. And the 8,000 MW planned for 2030 represents just under 7% of the current installed power in Spain.

No supply risk

On the other hand, the president of Redeia completely eliminated the danger of supply shortage. Electricity due to high demand in summer and in the midst of an energy crisis. “Absolute peace. There is absolutely no risk of electricity supply in Spain, neither in summer nor in winter”.

Redeia underlines that the Spanish electricity system has an installed capacity of 114,500 megawatts and the historical demand record is 45,450 MW, which was recorded in December 2007. 14 different electricity generation technologies are used in Spain, a variation that also becomes a shield. possible supply issues. “We are not dependent on nuclear, gas or hydroelectricity. This diversification gives us a flexible response to any eventuality,” Corredor said.

Source: Informacion

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