Endesa have identified up to 16,000 MW of possible renewable projects in Spain until 2030

• We have identified up to 16,000 MW of possible renewable projects in Spain until 2030.
• We will commission 2900 MW by 2022. It is a considerable investment that will clearly change our company’s generation mix

José Casas, director of Institutional Relations and Regulation at Endesa, has said: “We have identified up to 16,000 MW of possible renewable projects in Spain until 2030”. “We will commission 2900 MW by 2022. It is a considerable investment that will clearly change our company’s generation mix”.

Despite the unexpected change of venue of the COP25 from Santiago de Chile to Madrid, everything was in place and ready to go on the inaugural day of the Conference of the Parties.

This morning, after the official opening of the summit, José Casas, Endesa’s general manager of Institutional Relations and Regulation visited the company's stand at COP25, remarking that “the mere fact that so many countries have sent representatives is an sign of the severity of the problem threatening the planet. In fact, at the official act, I believe that everyone talked about this. According to our acting President, Pedro Sánchez, “very few people dispute the problem of climate change”.

Casas highlighted that, just as they planned to do in Chile, “we are making our strategic plan public: we have already announced the closure of our coal-fired power plants on the Peninsula. By 2020, we will already have decommissioned two plants in Compostilla and Teruel. In the case of the plant in Litoral in Almería, and that in As Pontes, we have announced that we will no longer work with coal, although the closing date has not been specified”, he said.

“And, on the other hand, we have announced an important renewable energy investment deployment plan. We have identified up to 16,000 MW of possible projects in Spain for implementation by 2030 in the strategic plan. By 2022 we will start operating a further 2900 MW. It is a considerable investment that will clearly change our company's generation mix”, said Casas.

This renewable generation mix will also help Spain to comply with the emission reduction targets set by the European Union. “What’s more, the fact is that in the presentation of the objectives of our National Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC), we build our contribution based on that scenario. Therefore, our objectives are perfectly aligned with those of the PNIEC for 2030”.

The two weeks of the COP25 will be packed with activities organised by the countries' national delegations and the other organisations present at the conference. In the case of Endesa, Casas specified that “for our own events, we will focus on a fair transition. We want to present all the company's future plans in connection with the coal plant closure plan. We will talk about the strategic investment plan, decarbonization of island systems, etc.”. As for activities organised by others, “we will take part in numerous events. For example, in collaboration with the government of Andalusia, we will talk about the Cartuja project in Seville, the Bosque Endesa, the reforestation initiatives we are carrying out in several parts of Spain ... In other words, this is a forum where we will share initiatives and learn about what other institutions are doing”.