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Spanish Utility Buys 410 GWh Of Solar Electricity In Auction

Spanish Utility Buys 410 GWh Of Solar Electricity In Auction

written by CleanTechies.com Contributor

Originally published on Sustainnovate.

Endesa Purchases 410 GWh Of Solar Electricity In Recent Auction

The Spanish utility company Endesa purchased 410 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of solar electricity during a recent solar energy auction for Portugal and Spain, according to recent reports. The solar auction in question ended with a price of €39.6/MWh/megawatt-hour ($43.82).

The aforementioned 410 GWh of solar electricity equates to roughly 681 megawatts (MW) of nameplate capacity.

As of the middle of last year, the Spanish utility company has been “encouraging” that quarterly solar energy auctions be held by the independent Iberian Energy Derivatives Exchange (OMIP), for the Iberian peninsula. The quarterly auctions relate to roughly 500 GWh of generation, varying somewhat depending on the level of production at the various times of year.

An Endesa rep commented on the successful auction, stating that it had reaffirmed the “positive market acceptance” of the approach.

A separate release from the company stated: “Until the solar auctions began, the wholesale forward market had not offered the financial risk management tools in a transparent, reliable and competitive environment, required to meet the specific profile of solar production.”

“This auction has also enabled the creation of a specific index for solar products (SPEL Solar), the first in Europe which also serves as a reference to analyse the progress and behaviour of this technology in the financial markets.”

The next quarterly Iberian solar auction is slated for June 2016.

Notably, Endesa is a part of Enel Group, along with Enel Green Power, a 2015 Zayed Future Energy Prize finalist and one of the largest renewable energy project developers and operators in the world.



March 19, 2016 0 comment
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Portugal Shows Leadership in Renewable Energy

Portugal Shows Leadership in Renewable Energy

written by Edouard Stenger

In my previous article for Cleantechies, I wrote that many European nations are already benefiting from renewable energy sources. A country that was missing from the list was Portugal.  In today’s article we will see how the country is also leading on clean energy sources.

In 2010, Elisabeth Rosenthal wrote in the New York Times that the country was until fairly recently mostly powered by fossil fuels. From 2000 to 2005, the share of renewables was between 17 and 19.7 percent. Their average share in the local electricity mix in this period amounted to 19 percent.

But in 2005, the Portuguese government decided to sail away from imported fossil fuels and embarked their nation on a massive clean energy cruise.  Their plans were most successful as the following figures will show you.

As an example, wind power capacity grew 16-fold in ten years, from 289 MW in 2003 to 4,724 MW in 2013.  As a result, in the first quarter of 2013, renewables – mostly hydroelectricity and wind power – supplied 70 percent of electricity of the country.

As a consequence, generation from fossil fuels decreased significantly. Compared to the first quarter of 2012, generation by coal-fired plants and natural gas fired plants fell by 29 percent and 44 percent, respectively.

Overall, in 2013, renewable energy sources provided over 58 percent of the total as the local newspaper Publico reported. Hydro provided 29 percent while wind power brought 23 percent. Solar and biomass brought one and five percent, respectively.

One year later, in 2014, local energy distributing company REN notes on its homepage that renewable energy sources provided 80.9 percent of the electricity of the country in January and February. For February alone, this figure reaches 84.4 percent.

Portugal offers yet another example of how a transition to local and clean renewable energy sources can be done with the right political support. Let’s hope other European nations, the United States and other countries around the world will learn from this exciting example.

Image appearing courtesy Flickr.



March 25, 2014 1 comment
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Renewable Energy Generated 70 Percent Of Portugal’s Electricity During First Quarter

written by Yale Environment 360

Portugal generated more than 70 percent of its electricity from renewable sources of energy during the first quarter of 2013, a record amount fueled largely by hydroelectric and wind energy sources, according to a report from the country’s grid operator.

Hydroelectric generation provided 37 percent of the

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April 16, 2013 0 comment
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PlanIT Valley: A Blueprint for the Smart City

written by Walter Wang

New build smart cities are a phenomenon usually associated with Asia or the Middle East. Whether it is a showcase project like Songdo in South Korea or the massive new city development program being driven by the Chinese government, greenfield sites offer a chance to think afresh about how cities are designed, built, and operated. However, one of the most ambitious new city

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April 1, 2011 0 comment
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Top Ten Highlights of Cleantech in Portugal

written by Shawn Lesser

From 2005 to 2010, Portugal was able to raise the amount of renewable energy in the country up to 45 percent. Portugal has always been very adamant about the inclusion of using renewable energy sources. The first part of the plan was introducing natural gas to replace coal and oil and energy market liberalization to the private market. Now, Portugal is solely

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February 16, 2011 0 comment
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Venezuela Strikes Up A Partnership with Portugal for Renewable Energy

written by Justmeans

Venezuela is not a country known overall for her renewable energy policy. The nation is an oil giant in the South American region and supplies a fairly large quantity of crude oil to the United States, and other countries, on a yearly basis. Considering the fact that the oil industry in Venezuela continues to promote the fossil fuel industry and the pollution of the lands and seas

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October 27, 2010 0 comment
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