Spain to invest over 17 billion euros to upgrade power grid
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Spain’s government will invest more than 17 billion euros into its power grid by 2030, according to Energy Minister Sara Aagesen.
The country plans to increase electrification across ports, industry, and housing, while also attracting new businesses. This investment represents a 30 percent increase over initial plans and is 144 percent higher than the volume of investment in the current plan.
The need for grid upgrades stems from Spain’s growing reliance on renewable energy sources, which currently provide around 60 percent of the country’s total electricity generation. Expanding grid capacity will prevent shortages and accommodate increased demand from new infrastructure, such as data centers. Aagesen also announced a new capacity mechanism designed to ensure a secure power supply and encourage investment in battery storage.
This mechanism will provide payments to power plants, storage facilities, and certain consumers who either supply electricity to the grid or reduce their consumption when requested by the grid operator. The system will use three different auction formats to determine these payments.
