Photovoltaic solar breaks its historical records
SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE/MADRID, Aug. 2 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The demand for electricity in the Canary Islands, after taking into account the working hours and temperatures, increased by 3.4% in July compared to the same month of the previous year, according to information from Red Eléctrica de España (REE).
In gross terms, the demand amounted to 773,881 MWh, 2.6% higher. In the accumulated year of 2023, the gross demand of the Canary Islands stood at 4,945,110 MWh, 1% more than in the same period of 2022.
Regarding electricity generation in the Canary Islands, the combined cycle, with 34% of the total, was also the first source in the month of July, while renewables and emission-free technologies represented 32% of production, being the wind power contribution of 27.1%, which places it above the national average.
At the national level, the national electricity demand registered a decrease of 1.3% in July compared to the same month of the previous year, after discounting the effects of temperature and working hours.
In gross terms, a demand of 22,787 gigawatt hours (GWh) is estimated, 3.6% lower than that of July 2022. On July 19, the maximum daily national demand for 2023 was marked (840.8 GWh).
In the accumulated annual, the national electricity demand amounts to 142,661 GWh, 4.4% less than in the first seven months of last year.
Once again, once the effects of the calendar and temperatures are taken into account, demand fell by 3.6% compared to the same period in 2022.
RENEWABLES, MORE THAN 46% OF GENERATION.
In the month of July, renewables generated 8.3% more than in the same month of 2022, by contributing 11,001 GWh, which represented a share of 46.2% of total production, according to data available daily. from today. On the other hand, 68.5% of the electricity production for the month came from technologies that do not emit equivalent CO2.
This July, one of the calendar months with the most daylight hours, photovoltaic solar power broke its historical records, both for generation and coverage in the ‘mix’. On the one hand, it registered a maximum monthly production of 4,507 GWh, 32.9% more than in the same period of the previous year.
In the generation structure, it represented 18.9%, becoming the first source of renewable generation in our country and third in all technologies. In addition, on July 14, this technology set a new daily generation maximum, with 161.5 GWh.
Meanwhile, the generation of wind origin in July was 3,930 GWh and accounted for 16.5% of the total production, remaining in the computation of the year as the first technology with 23% of the ‘mix’.
For its part, hydraulics increased its production by 28.8% compared to the same month of the previous year and recorded 1,345 GWh, 5.7% of the total.
With regard to the peninsular electricity system, the demand in July was 1.6% lower than in July 2022, taking into account the effects of working hours and temperatures. In gross terms, a demand of 21,233 GWh was registered, 4.1% less than that registered in the same month of 2022.
In the first seven months of the year, peninsular demand reached 134,049 GWh, 4.7% less than that registered in 2022. Once the effects of working hours and temperatures are taken into account, demand fell by 3.9%.
Renewables as a whole generated 47.7% of the peninsular total in the month and 71.5% came from technologies that do not emit CO2 equivalent.
Also noteworthy was the participation of photovoltaic solar in the month at the peninsular level, which reached second place in the generation structure, registering a new all-time high for coverage (19.77%) and generation (4,431 GWh). In addition, on July 14, solar photovoltaics generated more energy than ever in a single day (159 GWh).
IN THE BALEARIC ISLANDS IT RISES 2.7% AND IN THE CANARY ISLANDS 3.4%.
On the other hand, in the Balearic Islands, the demand for electricity grew by 2.7%, once the effects of working hours and temperatures were taken into account. In gross terms, the monthly demand stood at 740,428 MWh, 5.4% higher than that registered in July 2022.
In the first seven months of this year, the gross demand on the Balearic Islands was 3,442,915 MWh, 1.3% less than in the same period of the previous year.
As for generation, the combined cycle, with 59.1% of the energy produced in the Balearic Islands, was the first source of the islands in July. For its part, renewable energy without equivalent CO2 emissions generated in the Balearic Islands represents 9.5% of the total. In addition, during this month, the submarine link between the Peninsula and Majorca contributed to cover 22.7% of the Balearic electricity demand.
