The electrical planning proposal of the Ministry of Ecological Transition for 2030 contemplates, in the case of the Canary Islands, a reinforcement of the networks that allows reducing the dependence on fossil fuels and tripling the capacity of renewables, which now cover 22% of the demand.
As detailed by the Ministry in a statement, it is planned, in principle, to add two gigawatts of capacity for the integration of photovoltaic and wind energy, as well as new storage.
It is also expected that the increase in the capacity of the networks will make it possible to supply the progressive electrification of port infrastructures and transport, as well as new residential and industrial uses.
Overall, it is expected to act on 323 network positions and 61 substations –building a dozen– to meet the needs of the coming years, the Government details.
The proposal also proposes to introduce devices that increase the security of supply, such as synchronous compensators, in the main island electrical subsystems.
In this same sense, the Ministry indicates, it has been assessed that the obligation to increase investment in the networks that, due to their isolated nature, even complying with the established quality levels, have a number of interruptions and an interruption time greater than 100% than that of the national system, as happens in the so-called 'Green Islands', is already being processed.
The Secretary of State for Energy, Joan Groizard, has presented these data to the Minister of Ecological Transition of the Government of the Canary Islands, Mariano Hernández Zapata, in the meeting they held within his round of meetings with the different autonomies.
