Europe has warned Spain in its annual recommendations that lThe electricity grid is not enough to cover all renewable projects that the Government plans to promote, and whose objective is to make 74% of the energies in the country green by 2030.
The Community Executive warns that the capacity restrictions of the network are limiting the integration of more renewable energyand urges that Spain needs invest “in both network infrastructure and storage” if they plan to cover the, as detailed The country1,400 projects planned for these years.
This recommendation comes, in part, with the intention that Spain increase its renewable power objectives of the National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC). The objective, in addition to offering more renewable energy, is to avoid dependence on Russian energy and reach 67 GW of wind power grid and 35 GW of photovoltaic grid by 2030.
Spain faces more problems than an insufficient electricity grid
The Executive, on the other hand, affirms that “the shortage of labor and qualifications in key sectors and professions for the ecological transition is creating bottlenecks” that make it difficult to meet the goals in terms of renewable energy.
Recommend to Spain training “of high quality and that responds to the changing needs of the labor market”. Also have professionals from the sector who until now were dedicated to other tasks; something that will help to reduce the shortage of personnel and, in addition, to “promote inclusion and labor reassignment”. Companies like Volkswagen are doing something similar, training employees who until now had been dedicated to combustion cars, so that they can make electric cars.
Among the recommendations regarding renewable energies, the Executive also warns that the level of electrical interconnection with France is still “significantly below” of the objectives of the European Union. In 2020 this interconnection should have been 10%; currently it is 5.4%. The goal is to reach 15% by 2030.
The thousands of renewable energy projects are still underway
In any case, and despite the fact that Spain must follow the recommendations of Brussels if it wants to achieve its objectives in 2030, the country continues to operate with thousands of renewable energy projects. It does so, specifically, through an investment of about 240,000 million eurosas it appears in the Comprehensive National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP). Of that amount, 80% will come from the private sector, while the remaining 20% will come from public administrations.
One of the main objectives of the Comprehensive National Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC) is, we reiterate, making 74% of the energy produced in Spain renewable, with a total of 58.8 gigawatts generated by 2023.