This competition and its resolution arise from the commitment made by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge (Miteco) in May, in which it takes on all the costs of the process. It has been proposed and will be managed by the regional government, marking “a historic and unprecedented milestone in Spain.”
The councilor explains that, “we are progressing at a good pace to materialize the installation of the groups as soon as possible.” To achieve this, he points out, “we are now developing each project and working with the proposals submitted to grant the permits that will allow the installation to begin.” Regarding these permits, Zapata assures that “we expect them to be granted by the end of this year or early 2025.”
Coordination meetings now reach the involved municipalities with the presence of companies Disa and Sampol, as well as the Tenerife Island Council yesterday, to advance in this process.
On the other hand, the island’s vice president, Lope Afonso, states that “Tenerife currently has one of the weakest and most unstable electrical systems in Spain.” A fact that, he emphasizes, “is aggravated by being on an island territory, distant from the mainland, which reduces the possibilities of promptly solving any problems that may arise from a breakdown.”
Afonso stresses that “evidence of this is that in the last 20 years, Tenerife has experienced five energy failures,” adding that “to prevent such incidents, it is necessary to address three major energy actions on the island.” He refers to awarding the express contest to avoid power shortages, as well as upgrading the equipment at the Granadilla thermal power plant, and finally, opting to establish an energy storage system to accumulate it.
Lope Afonso concludes: “This is how we will achieve one of the challenges we faced at the beginning of the term: to cover the electrical power shortage experienced by Tenerife.”
