The Canary Islands:

Natural Laboratories of Clean Energies

Pedro Ortega Rodríguez

Regional Minister of Economy, Industry, Trade

and Knowledge

Canary Islands Government

The European Outermost Regions: an opportunity for Europe.

Test beds of innovative projects

The Canary Islands Energy (and Water) Framework

- 2.1 mill. Inhabitants; 16 mill. tourists/year - Isolated (insular) electrical systems - Lack of water resources - Insular dimension: strategic need to - reduce external dependence on fossil fuels and diversify the energy mix - maximise the use of endogenous renewable energy resources - Importance of the water-energy nexus (desalination)

Renewable Energies: current situation

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Santa Lucía

Agüimes

Ingenio

San Bartolomé de Tirajana

La Aldea de San Nicolás

Vallehermoso

1 Valverde

1 Fuencaliente

1 Garafía 1 San Bartolomé

1 Teguise

5 Granadilla

1 Buenavista

2 Arico

2 Villa de Mazo

Pájara

Parques eólicos

Agaete

1 La Oliva

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Telde

1 Gáldar

- 400 MW (mainly wind and solar; in some islands already 13% RES penetration) - Records of almost 40% instantaneous RES penetration

Renewable Energies: goals - 660 MW by 31/12/2018 (20% electricity demand) - 45% by 2025 (Regional Energy Strategy)

San Bartolomé de

Tirajana

Arico

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Pájara

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Puesto en marcha

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Agüimes

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Agaete

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Gáldar

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Arrecife

La Oliva

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Teguise

Con autorización administrativa

3 Granadilla

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1 Puerto del Rosario

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potencia renovable instalada 2015 potencia instalada en 2017 En construcción potencia renovable instalada 2018

Immediate next steps: - Tenders for wind and PV - Reinforcement of Transport

Grids - Storage systems - Electrical interconnections

2014 PLAN 2025

Conventional Thermal Power 2.700 MW 2.600 MW

Wind 170 MW 1.025 MW

Off-shore Wind 0 MW 310 MW

PV 180 MWp 300 MW

Solar Thermal 112.000 m2 300.000.m²

Hydro 2 MW 2 MW

Biomass 3,7 MW 25,5 MW

Geothermal Energy (low enthalpy) 5,6 MW 30 MW

Pumped Hydro (storage, peak shaving) 22,8 MW 331,3 MW

No. of EVs (all types) 400 107.000

EV electricity demand --- 297.593 MWh

Total electricity demand 9.010 GWh 10.856 GWh

RES penetration (electricity) 9 % 45 %

RES vs. primary energy 2 % 12 %

Canary Islands Energy Strategy 2025

Vision ISLANDS = NATURAL LABORATORIES of innovative energy technologies ISLANDS = References for CIRCULAR ECONOMY models

CANARY ISLANDS: • Historical Commitment to Sustainability • Excellent Test Beds • Perfect Showcase to transfer sustainable technologies to Africa and South

America

Universities and first class Technology Centers

The Canary Islands: Natural

Laboratories of Energy Technologies

Initiatives &

Highlights

Frontrunners in Energy Storage solutions

2012 (energy operators)

Integration of innovative batteries in micro-grids (distributor+ITC) (2014-2017)

Large PV systems with battery storage for stable generation (ITER)

Reversible Hydro for RES Storage

+ additional projects in Tenerife and other islands

Marine RES: preparing the future

Test of wave energy devices

Test of off-shore wind energy prototypes

Promotion of marine areas for testing and developing innovative marine energy solutions

Technology Transfer to Africa: 20 years experience

Electrification of remote communities with wind/solar energy

Development and installation of autonomous desalination plants, powered by renewable energies

El Hierro Wind-Pumped Hydro Power Station:

in operation since 2014

Desalination

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Desalination

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Desalination

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Batteries

Fresh Water

Pumping Loads

EL HIERRO WIND – HYDRO POWER STATION

Last record: 18 consecutives day covering 100% of

the demand (Jan/Feb 2018)

Example of a 100% RES DAY – JULY 2017 • Wind power: 8.5 MW • Hydro power: 2.5 MW • Pump load: 4.7 MW • Island load: 6.3 MW

JULY 2017: 80% demand coverage

La Graciosa Micro-grid (on-going)

OR ENERGY NETWORK

JOINT STRATEGIC ACTION FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION:

European OutermostRegions (ORs):

LEADERSHIP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY MODELS

OR ENERGY NETWORK General Objectives of the Inititative

- To promote the accelerated development of RENEWABLE ENERGIES in the

OMRs by means of the active coordination among competent Public

Administration Bodies, Technology Centers and Universities of the

different Regions - Benefits for the OMRs:

- Activation of the Economy, directly in the energy sector (vulnerability reduction, costs savings,

etc.), as well as indirectly (favouring other sectors, e.g. tourism)

- Jobs creation (particularly young and qualified employment)

- Reinforcement of the technological capabilities of these regions

- To deploy the potential of ORs as natural laboratories of innovative (and

sustainable) energy technologies that can serve as models for the whole

world (impact and replicability) - Benefits for EUROPE:

- Consolidation of the world leadership of EUROPE in the Renewable Energies sector, with the

subsequent benefits at different levels (reduction of energy dependence and environmental

improvements, reinforcement of the industry and its export capability (technology transfer to other

countries, especially transboundary less developed ones), etc.)

- Contribution to the implementation of recommendations expressed in EU Protocols referring to

the vision of OMRs as natural laboratories and, in particular: COM (2008) 642 final (October 17th

2008), COM(2012) final (june 26th 2012) and Study About The Situation of OMRs In The Single

Market (P. Solbes, Oct. 2011)

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