Energy savings certificates exceed 13,800 GWh so far this year

The evolution of 2026 confirms the leap in scale, as around 6,170 GWh of savings have been requested between January and October, 6.6% more than the approximately 5,790 GWh recorded during the whole of 2025.

The savings requested since the implementation of the Energy Savings Certificates (EACs) have already reached 13,876 gigawatt hours (GWh), with 12,415 emission requests, according to data from the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (Miteco) updated on 3 November with data from October. The evolution of 2026 confirms the leap in scale, since between January and October around 6,170 GWh of savings have been requested, 6.6% more than the approximately 5,790 GWh recorded during the whole of 2025, despite the fact that there are still two months to go before the end of the year. Behind this growth there is also an economic incentive for companies as the CAEs allow them to accredit the energy that is no longer consumed thanks to certain efficiency actions and obtain an economic return for these savings, which is added to the recurring savings on the energy bill.

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