Spain Awards 4 Gigawatts Solar & 1 Gigawatt Wind In Renewables Auction

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Spain’s energy ministry announced this week the full list of winners from its most recent renewables auction, which awarded a total of 5 gigawatts (GW) of capacity. The split ended up 4 GW for solar and over 1 GW for wind.

Spain’s Ministry of Energy, Tourism and the Digital Agenda Thursday announced the full list of winners (PDF, Spanish) for the country’s most recent renewable energy auction, which originally was set to be a 3 GW tender but ended up awarding a total of 5 GW, indicating pretty clearly how strong and competitive the bids were.

Further, this latest auction is likely to be much more appreciated by the country’s solar association, Unión Española Fotovoltaica (UNEF), which cried foul at this year’s earlier renewable auction, in which the majority of the awarded capacity was awarded to wind. They definitely had reason to be mildly upset, considering the rules of the auction stipulated that when there was a tie between a wind and solar bid for the maximum discount, the capacity would be awarded to the wind bid.

This time, the playing field had been leveled, and solar walked away with a total of 3,909 MW (megawatts) awarded, while wind took 1,128 MW. The full list of winners is as follows:

Solar Developer capacity awarded (MW)
Alten El Casar 13
Alter Enersun 50
Biertec 2000 0.1
Climaster Solar FV 3.9
Cobra Concesiones 1,550
Dalar Solar 1.6
Desarrollos Fotovoltaicos Merdionales 316
Enel Green Power Espana 338.7
Engie 50
Fres Wind Moon Systems 23.75
Gas Natural Fenosa Renovables 250
Gestamp Eolica 24
Grupo Tec Servicios Avanzados 91.7
Isabel Sevillano Martin 0.5
Janez Y Carrera 1
Jorge Energy 9.4
Lipmes 1.5
Lotapera 182.5
Meteo For Energy 0.3
Monegros Solar 50
Operating Business 2 20
Otras Producciones De Energia Fotovoltaica 200
Planta FV3 250
Raiola Future 1.5
Rios Renovables 21
Sinlimitsol 2
Solar Fotovoltaica Navarra 1.15
Solarpack 0.1
Solmayor Energias Renovables 0.42
X-Elio Energy 455

 

Wind Developer capacity awarded (MW)
Alfanar Co. 750
Boreas Tecnologia 5
Fergo Galicia Vento 24
Greenalia Power 133.3
Grupo Empresarial Enhol 2.5
Hocensa Empresa Constructora 49
Ibervento Infraestrcturas 171.585
Inverolica De Abella 14
Operacion Y Mantenimiento De Minicentrales Hidraul 6
Wind Hunter 2,4

The amount of wind energy might have been smaller in this auction, but it brings the total amount awarded this year up to 4.1 GW for the year, and according to the Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) will result in investments in excess of €4.5 billion and job creation of between 25,000–30,000 during construction.

“It is a positive signal for the wind industry, notably the Spanish supply chain,” added WindEurope Chief Policy Officer, Pierre Tardieu. “However, due to the four-year market standstill, we’re playing catch-up. The Spanish government is trying to deploy in the next three years what should have been done in seven. These types of stop-and-go policies are extremely disruptive for the wind supply chain which needs a stable calendar of tenders to thrive.”


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