The Minister of Economy, Industry, Commerce and Knowledge, Pedro Ortega, has stated that the Government expects that "with the new quota, in a short period of time we can go from 9% renewables to 21%." In the Canary Islands there are 18 wind farms, and soon this figure will rise to 67. Forty-nine wind farms will be added to those that already exist in the Archipelago waiting for the state to assign them a new energy quota.
The modernization of the current wind farms in the Canary Islands by more powerful equipment, efficient and sophisticated is essential to achieve greater energy production in the Islands, especially in the case of those installed in the areas that present better conditions in the Archipelago and that already have a certain age.
The counselor assured that, “in addition to inincrease electricity generation capacity, the modernization of the facilities would make it possible to reduce the landscape and environmental impact ”and referred to the need to establish a regulatory framework that facilitates repowering.
Regarding the most immediate challenges in renewable energies, Pedro Ortega highlighted the approval of a new specific remuneration quota for wind and photovoltaic parks in the Canary Islands, which the State promised to remove in the first four months of 2017 and the promotion of new low enthalpy geothermal facilities, for which a working group has been created with all the agents involved.
In September, the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands published the final approval of the regulatory bases of subsidies for self-consumption facilities in Lanzarote and La Graciosa through renewable energy systems in buildings connected and not connected to the distribution network.
The counselor has stated that the Government expects that «With the new quota, in a short period of time we can go from 9% renewables in 2015 to 21%. We calculate that in 2025 the Canary Islands could have a penetration of 45% ».
Wind farms in the Canary Islands
| Eolico Park | Promoters | Municipality | Province | Installed power MW | Aero No. |
| aer. Agaete | CANARY ISLANDS GOVERNMENT | Agaete | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,15 | 1 |
| White cave | EÓLICAS DE AGAETE, SL | Agaete | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 1,32 | 4 |
| Aer. Acsa Factory | PECSA Plantas Eolicas Canarias, SA | Agüimes | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,225 | 1 |
| Aer. Wells Pools | PECSA Plantas Eolicas Canarias, SA | Agüimes | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,225 | 1 |
| Arinaga Highway Repowering | wind farms Ctra. de Arinaga, SA | Agüimes | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 6,92 | 7, 1 AND 1 |
| Florida | SOSLAIRES CANARIAS, SA | Agüimes | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 2,5 | 4 |
| Loin Cabezo | SOCAIRE, SA | Agüimes | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 1,8 | 3 |
| San Francisco I Mountain | AEROGENERADORES CANARIOS, SA | Agüimes | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 1,125 | 5 |
| Farm of Mogán (Arico) | Finca de Mogán Wind Farm, SA | Arico | SC Tenerife (Tenerife) | 16,5 | 53 |
| Corner Plains | DESARROLLOS EÓLICOS DE BUENAVISTA, SA | Arico | SC Tenerife (Tenerife) | 5,95 | 7 |
| Teno Point | wind farms Punta Teno, SA | Buenavista del Norte | SC Tenerife (Tenerife) | 1,8 | 6 |
| Corralejo | drace | Corralejo | Las Palmas (Fuerteventura) | 1,7 | 2 |
| Fuencaliente Repowering | EÓLICAS DE FUENCALIENTE, SA | Fuencaliente | SC Tenerife (La Palma) | 2,25 | 3 |
| Pelada Mountain | AGRAGUA, SA | Galdar | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 4,62 | 7 |
| Juan Adalid (Garafía Repowering) | Enel Green Power España, SL | garage | SC Tenerife (La Palma) | 1,6 | 2 |
| San Antonio farm | ENERGÍAS ALTERNATIVAS DEL SUR, SL | Gran Canaria | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 1,5 | 5 |
| Grenadilla I | ENEL GREEN POWER SPAIN | Granadilla de Abona | SC Tenerife (Tenerife) | 0,3 | 1 |
| Grenadilla II | ENEL GREEN POWER SPAIN | Granadilla de Abona | SC Tenerife (Tenerife) | 0,15 | 1 |
| Granadilla III | Wind Power of Tenerife, AIE | Granadilla de Abona | SC Tenerife (Tenerife) | 4,8 | 8 |
| Plat. Granadilla wind power | Technological and Ener.Renov.Inst. (ITER) | Granadilla de Abona | SC Tenerife (Tenerife) | 1,98 | |
| Aquatone | PECSA Plantas Eolicas Canarias, SA | Ingenio | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,2 | 2 |
| Arinaga Treatment Plant | CANARY ISLANDS GOVERNMENT | Ingenio | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,225 | 1 |
| Atlantic Graphic Arts | Artes Gráficas del Atlántico, SA | Ingenio | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,9 | 4 |
| Mill (Arinaga GC-1) | PECSA Plantas Eolicas Canarias, SA | Ingenio | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,36 | 4 |
| La Palma airport | AENA | La Palma | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 1,32 | 1 |
| White spots | Ministry of Industry and Commerce | Mallet | SC Tenerife (La Palma) | 1,8 | 6 |
| Canada the boat | PECSA Plantas Eolicas Canarias, SA | Pájara | Las Palmas (Fuerteventura) | 1,125 | 5 |
| Cañada La Barca (from the River) | Eólica de Fuerteventura, SA | Pájara | Las Palmas (Fuerteventura) | 10,26 | 27 and 18 |
| Tirajana ravine | TIRAJANA WIND FARMS | San Bartolome | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 1,26 | 7 |
| The sidewalk | La Vereda, SA | San Bartolome | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,225 | 1 |
| Mine Mountain | PECSA Plantas Eolicas Canarias, SA | San Bartolome | SC Tenerife (Lanzarote) | 1,125 | 5 |
| Florida | Julian Bonny | San Bartolomé | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,85 | 1 |
| Plains of Juan Grande | Desarrollos Eólicos de Canarias, SA | San Bartolomé | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 20,1 | 67 |
| Scrub Salt Flats | Julian Bonny | San Bartolomé | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 1,7 | 2 |
| Salinas del Matorral Extension | Julian Bonny | San Bartolomé | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,85 | 1 |
| Aer. The village | CANARY ISLANDS GOVERNMENT | Saint Nicholas of Tolentino | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,225 | 1 |
| Bay of Forms II | Southeast Wind | Santa Lucia de Tirajana | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 2 | 4 |
| Bay of Formas III | Eólica Aircán, SL | Santa Lucia de Tirajana | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 5 | 10 |
| Bay of Forms IV | Southeast Wind | Santa Lucia de Tirajana | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 5 | 10 |
| Energy Research Center | I.Tec. De Canarias, SA | Santa Lucia de Tirajana | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,915 | |
| Punta | BOMAR, SA | Santa Lucia de Tirajana | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 5,5 | 11 |
| Gaviota Point | La Gaviota Wind Farm, SA | Santa Lucia de Tirajana | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 6,93 | 11 |
| Santa Lucía | wind farms Santa Lucía, SA | Santa Lucia de Tirajana | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 4,8 | 16 |
| tenefe | Realization of Servicios Naturales de Canarias, SL | Santa Lucia de Tirajana | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 1,125 | 5 |
| The Valleys (one) Repowering | Eólica de Lanzarote, SL | Teguise | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 7,65 | 9 |
| epina | ENEL GREEN POWER SPAIN | Beautiful valley | SC Tenerife (La Gomera) | 0,36 | 2 |
| El Hierro Hydroelectric Power Plant Wind Farm | GORONA DEL VIENTO, SA | Valverde | El Hierro | 11,5 | 5 |
| Arinaga Treatment Plant | Commonwealth interm. Southeast | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,5 | ||
| Corralejo 1,7 MW Wind Farm for self-consumption in Corralejo desalination plant | Las Palmas (Fuerteventura) | 1,7 | 2 | ||
| Lomito Ramirez | Muescanarias, SL | Ingenio | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,33 | |
| San Juan Mountain | Valverde City Council | SC Tenerife (Tenerife) | 0,1 | ||
| PE Canary Islands Control Center | AENA | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,66 | ||
| Enercon Park | ITER | SC Tenerife | 5,5 | 11 | |
| Concasur wind farms | CONTRATAS CANARIAS DEL SUR SL | Las Palmas (Gran Canaria) | 0,6 | 1 | |
| Arinaga Offshore | GAMESA ENERGY | arinaga | Gran Canaria | 5 | 1 |