Electricity demand in the Canary Islands plummeted in 2020 as a result of the effects of the coronavirus crisis, closing the year with a regional drop of 10.4% compared to 2019, according to Endesa data; if the effect of the leap year is included, given that 2020 had one more day than 2019, the drop in demand is -10.6% regionally.
In gigawatt hours (GWh), the year closed with a demand of 7,961.8 compared to 8,881.5 in 2019, with the most pronounced decreases in the eastern province, as a result of the collapse on the islands of Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, which lead the ranking of falling demand, even doubling it; while, on the islands of the western province, demand decreased in line with the regional average or even less, and El Hierro was the only one in the entire Archipelago that experienced increases in electricity demand.
Endesa, through its 9 thermal power plants and the 15 wind farms of its renewable subsidiary, Enel Green Power España, covered nearly 85% of the total electricity demand of the islands throughout the year; the remaining 15% was covered with renewable energy generated by another 1,600 producers.
Among all production technologies, Endesa has an installed capacity of 2,589.4 MW [megawatts] in the Canary Islands, which produced 6,744.8 GWh of electrical energy in 2020.
