The Development of the Renewable Energy Technologies in Spain

Félix Hernández; Miguel Hernández-Campos

doi:10.4236/sgre.2011.22013

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The Development of the Renewable Energy Technologies in Spain ()

Félix Hernández, Miguel Hernández-Campos

DOI: 10.4236/sgre.2011.22013 PDF HTML 7,281 Downloads 11,304 Views Citations

Abstract

This article examines the development of the four main renewable energy technologies (RET) in Spain in the latest years: biomass, small hydro (SH), solar photovoltaic (solar PV) and wind. It has been studied the variation of the work-ing time per MW installed available from the on line data base of Spanish National Commission on Energy (SNCE), in the national context and in each of the Autonomic Communities (AACC). We have also obtained the marginal cost curve of the global RE. The main conclusions of the study are that Spain is effective meeting the RE generation target but not efficient in costs and in short term it is not any RETs that can achieve competitive price comparing to the elec-trical market.

Keywords

Renewable Energy Technologies, Working Time Per MW, Feed-In Tariff, Marginal Cost Curve Of The Global RE

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F. Hernández and M. Hernández-Campos, "The Development of the Renewable Energy Technologies in Spain," Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, Vol. 2 No. 2, 2011, pp. 110-115. doi: 10.4236/sgre.2011.22013.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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