The Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF), the majority sector association of solar energy in Spain, has highlighted "the need to step on the accelerator for the energy transition in the Canary Islands, where only 20% of the energy comes from renewable sources."
The solar energy employers' association has placed particular emphasis on the need to solve the "exceptional situation in Lanzarote where renewable energy generation does not reach even 10% of the total".
During the VI Self-Consumption and Sustainability Forum of the Atlantic organized these days by the Canary Islands solar energy employers' association (Sorecan), the president of the Spanish Photovoltaic Union, José Donoso, highlighted "the need to accelerate the pace of implementation of solar energy in the Canary Islands, as a tool to curb the consequences of the climate emergency on the islands, since "electricity generation in the Canary Islands emits five times more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than that generated in the rest of Spain."
In addition, UNEF, which represents more than 95% of the companies in the sector, has explained that solar photovoltaic energy is the 8th source of electricity generation in the Canary Islands and accounts for 4% of the total. Lanzarote is the island with the lowest installed capacity of renewable energy, since only 9% of its energy comes from clean sources. In clear contrast, El Hierro, with 54%, is the island with the most installed renewable capacity. UNEF explained that "the overcosts of generation using fossil fuels in the Canary Islands are greater than 500 million per year."
