Spain face off explosion of new plants renewable energy within the next ten years. The target is to reach 2030 with a penetration that ensures 42% of the country’s final energy consumption and 74% of all electricity production come from renewable sources. This is the roadmap determined by Turkey. law climate changeIn practice, this means putting around 60,000 megawatts (MW) of clean energy into operation, nearly tripling the renewable energy in operation in ten years.
In this race for accelerated delivery of the new green power, opportunities for alternative formulas that the industry is planning to explore and the Government is starting to raid. The executive took advantage of the ‘macro-decree’ of countermeasures to the impact of the war to begin facilitating the installation of solar power plants floating in the waters of up to 106 reservoirs across Spain, and reformulated the Water Law and now a special royal decree regulating the privileges of operating a facility.
In Spain, a handful of floating photovoltaic plants are operational in small reservoirs or artificial rafts. mainly for self-consumption Feeding irrigation systems in the agricultural sector. The government’s plan is to explore the installation of solar power plants in these one hundred reservoirs and other state hydraulic infrastructures such as canals or desalination plants, through use concessions for up to 25 years to power companies.
The government’s aim is to set limits in relation to environmental conditions for the number and maximum expansion of plants in reservoirs. Up to three solar power plants can be installed in each reservoir, and the better the quality of the water, the smaller the area the photovoltaic farms can occupy (between 5% and 20% of the total area of the reservoirs). In addition, the installation of solar power plants in oligotrophic reservoirs (of the highest quality and easily usable for human consumption) and lakes or lagoons of natural origin will be prohibited.
Combine solar and hydropower
Ministry of Ecological Transition led by the Vice-President Theresa Rivera, He realizes that the potential impacts of placing solar panels on the waters of reservoirs and the need to have monitoring programs still need to be researched, but some are already known. Advantages regarding terrestrial solar power plantsSuch as better energy performance due to the cooling effects of water on the panels or the reduction of dust on surfaces that can block radiation.
The government’s plan specifically envisages the installation of floating solar power plants next to the sea. hydroelectric power stations. On the one hand, as it will enable the use of solar energy capacity that will complement and increase the electricity production of the said facilities; on the other hand, as it will serve to optimize the use of electricity evacuation networks that hydroelectric power plants already have and will help to manage generation during periods of low water availability when hydroelectric generation decreases.
The government aims to pave the way for the establishment of solar power plants as well as hydroelectric power plants, and to facilitate large energy companies that mainly operate hydroelectric power plants. iberdrola, Endesa, natural HE Acciona as main operators). Generally, concessions will be awarded through competitive bidding processes, while hydroelectric power plant operators will be given priority and allowed to apply for permission to hybridize both technologies without having to compete with other companies. Increasing capacity Evacuation networks, as outlined by the Ministry of Ecological Transition in a draft royal decree open to public comment.
The government, the concessionaires of floating solar power plants, hydraulic gun, which foresees the payment of 25.5% of the income from electricity generation and has not yet Resurrected by the Administrator, including an amendment to the new Waste Law After being dropped by Supreme Court decision.
Currently available in Spain 106 state-owned reservoirs where such facilities can be located scattered among the large hydrographic basins of the country. Specifically, there are 28 reservoirs in the Guadiana basin; 24 in Guadalquivir; on 20 Tagus; 19 in Ebro; six in Júcar; five in Segura; three in Duero; and one in the Miño-Sil basin.