this wind reverses the distribution of electricity generation and obtains rBreaking the six-month dominance of gas power plants as the main source of generation in Spain. Thanks to the strong winds recorded in recent weeks, wind turbine power plants managed to increase their activities in November by positioning themselves as the technology with the highest electricity production since last May.
Wind power concentrated almost a third of all electricity production in the country last month, accounting for 31% of the total energy produced in excess of 6,700 gigawatt hours (GWh), according to Red Eléctrica de España’s records. , manager of the national electricity system.
A larger contribution from renewable energy combined with lower gas production in recent weeks and a decline in international gas markets meant that November was the lowest price in the Spanish electricity market in the entire energy crisis since November 2021. an average of 124 euros per megawatt hour (MWh).
The mills are thus displacing the power plants at the top of the ranking. gasRemaining as the main source of production uninterruptedly since June . Electricity companies produced around 4,800 GWh in November, 22% of the total supply. Nuclear power plants, a traditional source of stable generation, have a 19.5% share and a generation of just over 4,200 GWh.
Wind power hit an all-time high for electricity generation this month, with winds blowing hard across the country. At 6:40 p.m. on November 21, wind farms produced 20,594 megawatts (MW), intensifying 56% of the country’s entire production. A new level that shatters the previous instantaneous wind generation record set at 13:35 on December 8 last year with 20,452 MW.
gas addict
What we experience during the summer and in the autumn, vSeveral factors combined to push the electrical system to enter combined cycles. (gas-fired power plants) to meet all required consumption.
The drought has halved hydroelectric power plant production from last year, the contribution of wind power has been much less than had been expected for months, and electricity exports to France and Portugal skyrocketed to historic highs due to the problems experienced. neighboring countries (half the French nuclear park halted and the ravages of drought in a hydropower-dependent market like Portugal).
So far this year, gas plants have nearly doubled their output. and will close the year as the main power generation technology in the country, focusing on a quarter of all energy produced and surpassing nuclear and wind power, which will each contribute about 20% of electricity production in all of 2022.
The greater contribution of gas (as well as coal) means that the electricity system has already far exceeded the accumulated CO2 emissions for the whole of 2021. Spain thus breaks the emissions reduction trend of the last four years and that caused him to score historical minimum levels in the last three yearse, thanks to the cascading decline in coal, the expansion of renewable resources, and the electricity demand implied by low economic activity during the pandemic.