PV will enter another record year
2022 will be the year of photovoltaic energy.
Compared with last year, the new energy established in Spain will increase by 25%, when it emerged as a technology to maximize its potential. According to the current forecast, compared with 4800 installed in 2021, this will reach 6000 MW (including surface power plants and self use).
It is expected that by the end of this year, self use will reach about 2.000 megawatts of new capacity, as the United Nations Foundation el Econmista Jose Donoso, general manager of es, explained that. Compared with the figure of the previous year (1200 MW), there is a 67% increase, which has doubled the number of new installations in 2020.
At the end of last year, Spain's industrial and household consumption was 2500 megawatts. It will exceed 4500 MW by the end of 2022. In other words, there will be enough electricity to supply about 200000 Spanish households.
As far as surface power stations are concerned, the current forecast will reach 4.000 MW of new power generation by the end of December. According to the data of Red Electrica, it increased by 11% over last year, when about 3600 MW was installed.
Photovoltaic power generation will reach a record high. So far this year, the power generation of photovoltaic power stations has exceeded 21800 GWh, 4% higher than all the power generation generated by using this technology in 2021 (20954 GWh). The data of Red Electrica shows this, not including self use power generation.
It is the fourth generation hybrid technology in Spain after the combined cycle (49135 GWh), wind energy (41604 GWh) and nuclear energy (40372 GWh). "The main reason for the increase in output is the new electricity, which is also conducive to the sunny days recorded by Spain," said the Director General of UNEF.
A different summer
This summer, 18 EU countries broke new records in solar power generation. According to the recent Amber Climate Report, between May and August this year, photovoltaic power generation accounted for 12% of European power generation.
Austria: 2.4%, Belgium: 12.8%, Cyprus: 13.3%, Czech Republic: 5.1%, Denmark: 12.9%, Estonia: 13.9%, France: 7.7%. Also in Germany, it reached 19.3%, a new record in that period. Another record is in Greece, accounting for 15.3%; Hungary, 14.7%; Italy, 15%; Netherlands, 22.7%; Poland, 8.1%; Portugal, 9.3%; Romania, 3.8%; Slovakia, 3.4%; Slovenia, 3.1%; Analysis shows that Spain accounted for 16.7%, and Belgium and Denmark produced more than 10% of solar power for the first time between May and August.
Last year alone, EU countries jointly installed 23 GW of PV installed capacity. The largest increase was in Poland, whose share of production increased 26 times.
Ten of the 27 members own more than 10% of the solar energy share in their electricity market. The highest proportion is seen in the Netherlands (23%), followed by Germany (19%). According to this study, 17% of the electricity in Spain comes from photovoltaic power generation.
