In May, photovoltaic energy generation amounted to 58,328 MWh, representing 16% of total electricity production.
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In May, the Balearic Islands beat the record for renewable energy production
The evolution of renewables in total electricity production has shown sustained growth, rising from 7.5% in 2022 to 11.5% in 2023.
In May, the Balearic Islands broke the record for renewable energy production by generating 58,328 MWh from photovoltaic energy, which represents 16% of total electricity production, according to data provided by Red Eléctrica.
This increase in clean energy production has been possible thanks to the Government’s plans, through the Department of Enterprise, Employment and Energy, to accelerate and deepen the energy transition by stimulating investment in solar farms and promoting self-consumption through aid aimed at citizens, companies and public administrations.
It should be noted that the installed capacity of photovoltaic solar energy in the Balearic Islands was 229 MW in 2022 and by the end of 2023 this amount had increased to 333 MW. The evolution of renewable energy generation about total electricity production has shown sustained growth, rising from 7.5% in 2022 to 11.5% in 2023, reaching the milestone of 16% in May of this year alone.
As for the evolution of the maximum figures recorded in photovoltaic electricity generation, the data show an increase month after month. Thus, the maximum production generated in January was 1,432 MWh, on the 7th; in February it was 1,761 MWh, on the 29th; in March, 2,403 MWh, recorded on the 15th; in April, 2,430 MWh was reached on the 4th; and in May, 2,703 MWh, a peak reached on the 25th.
Among the aspects that have contributed to the increase in the proportion of renewables in the grid in May is the fact that this is one of the months with the greatest number of hours of sunshine for photovoltaic generation systems to take advantage of, as well as the fact that electricity demand on the islands at this time of year is still contained, as air conditioning equipment is not required and the tourist influx is not yet very high.
The Regional Ministry, through the Directorate General for Energy and Climate Change and the Balearic Energy Institute (IBE), is working on the implementation of public policies to expand the consumption of renewable energy on the islands, promoting the use of pioneering facilities such as shared self-consumption and the tendering of photovoltaic installations in public buildings, among others.
Thus, the IBE foresees the implementation of more than 15 shared self-consumption projects in the Balearic Islands during 2024 and, by the end of the current legislature, it is expected to have at least one installation of this type in each of the municipalities of the autonomous community.
This system allows individuals and companies that do not have the space to have their self-consumption, do not want to carry out building work or are renting, to contribute to the energy transition by using this model of clean energy consumption in which more than one end consumer participates. In these installations, promoted by the Balearic Energy Institute, the electricity produced is distributed among all the participants, according to the percentage of participation assigned to each one. This saves on electricity bills and contributes to reducing the carbon footprint of the homes.