Extremadura is the autonomous community that covers the most energy with renewables

solar energy

As we know, Spain has great potential with renewable energies. Solar, wind and hydro have a good future in Spain due to the relief and climate. Many are the autonomous communities that have increased the use of renewables to cover electricity demand.

Right now, Extremadura has become the Autonomous Community of Spain that more electrical energy covers thanks to solar energy. Specifically thanks to photovoltaic and thermoelectric solar energy. In 2015, these two energy sources covered 65% of the energy demand in Extremadura.

Jose Luis Navarro, Minister of Economy and Infrastructure of the Autonomous Community, is the person who provided these consumption data. For him Extremadura is a national benchmark in terms of green energy consumption, since no other autonomous community has achieved such a level of renewable consumption.

In a study prepared by his department with the collaboration of the Extremadura Energy Agency and Red Eléctrica de España, he highlighted that, despite the rise in demand and the decrease in the supply of generation in 2015 in Extremadura, supply exceeded demand by 338,78%, a record that makes Extremadura export 77,01% of what it produces ”.

Renewable electricity produced through sunlight is the one that has the most future in Extremadura because its potential is much greater than the others. Right now, in absolute terms, it is the second autonomous community of Spain in solar thermal energy production (below Andalusia, which is the first).

For the counselor, the figures provided by Extremadura in terms of renewable energy production have been achieved thanks to all the energy policies that were launched in 2007 and 2011. He also states that these energy policies have had a setback from 2012 with the arrival of the government of Mariano Rajoy.


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