Large companies dominate renewable electricity generation for the next decade

• They will build wind and photovoltaic projects by several communities after being authorized within the deadline of January 25.
• Small producers denounce that the occupation of the connection to the network by the large ones harms the small producer and self-consumption
• Government and autonomies squeeze the deadline to evaluate wind and solar farms equivalent to two thirds of the installed capacity by 2030.

Last Wednesday, the deadline was closed for wind and photovoltaic farm developers who had a permit to connect to the electricity grid since before 2020 to obtain a favorable environmental impact statement to be able to continue with their projects. At the moment, the total amount of electricity they will be able to generate and which exactly are the companies that will carry them out is unknown, but large companies in the sector such as Naturgy, Solaria or Endesa have already begun to communicate the granting of favorable evaluations to install thousands of megawatts of power and among the dozens of evaluations that in recent weeks have published the official bulletins of the State and the autonomous communities, other large companies such as Iberdrola or Cepsa – through its subsidiary Mitra Alfa – also appear as the companies that, according to approximate data from the sector, will generate in the coming years almost the same electricity from renewable sources as was planned as the target for 2030.

Continue reading the news in 20 Minutes