During 2022 It’s not the pandemic numbers that keep us up at night, it’s the energy prices. There’s a paradox that electricity breaks records so often we can become desensitized – the bills will come -, most photovoltaic energy want it in spain. From January 1 to this week, more GWh was produced by photovoltaics (20,954 GWh) than in the whole of last year, so New Record.
To put that number in context, it’s more than double what was produced in 2019 and almost three times what was produced in 2018. Indeed, heat isn’t solar panels’ best ally because they’re starting to lose their efficiency, and that’s not what it’s about. the sun is scorching but irradiation that lasts for hours. A factor that undoubtedly explains this increase in production is the increase in installed capacity.
With this month’s REE data, we can see that photovoltaic solar (16,959 MW) is contesting the third position of the most important hydroelectric power (17,094 MW). Wind energy with 29,535 MW and combined cycle power plants with 26,250 MW are leading. In other words, photovoltaic is approaching 15% in capacity of the Spanish energy mix. Renewables already account for two-thirds of production capacity in Spain.
In September 2021, REE reported 13,829 MW of installed photovoltaic power capacity, so the increase is more than significant, now there are 3,310 MW more. The capacity of neither hydropower nor combined cycle power plants has not changed, and the increase in wind power capacity has been much more modest, as there is a difference of 1,443 MW with 28,092 MW installed.
In other words, photovoltaic solar energy the most growing, and soon it will be the third generation source according to the installed power. The hydroelectric power station has not had the best of its years. Since January 1, REE corresponds to 12,162 GWh generated by dams, almost double compared to 21,320 GWh generated by sunlight!
So why is electricity so expensive?
At that time, Why do we pay so much for electricity? Well, partly due to the hydroelectric power plant’s decline due to drought and related discharge to some companies’ looting benefits. The energy source we applied the most this year, gas combined cycles (47,080 GWh), followed by wind (40,647 GWh) and nuclear (39.2019 GWh). Solar photovoltaics are in fourth place.
In other words, although renewable energies currently have two-thirds of the generating capacity, the role of fossil energies is still very high. December The current difficulty of producing and storing renewable energy sources excess efficiently. And it would have been even worse if it weren’t for the gas cap, another cost that pissed us off when we saw it being billed.
The European Union is looking for a way to solve the problem it has created by making all energy costs the same as the most expensive entering the market. pool… drum… gas. It seems that Vladimir Putin himself decided on the tariff system to bring European economies to their knees when he decided to turn off the tap.
Anyway, let’s remember Hanlon’s principle: “Never attribute to evil what has been sufficiently explained by stupidity”at least in the European part of the problem.
Reference article: https://forococheselectricos.com/2022/09/record-electricidad-septiembre-2022-fotovoltaica-genero-mas-que-2021-espana.html
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