- Spain is expected to announce tenders to develop wind farms this year that will be operational by the decade’s end.
- Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s cabinet approved a decree allowing offshore wind park development on 5,000 square km of maritime territory in 19 blocs.
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s cabinet approved a decree allowing offshore wind park development on 5,000 square km of maritime territory in 19 blocs, Energy Minister Teresa Ribera said at a press conference. Spain has one of the largest expanses of the sea in the European Union and vast potential for harnessing the offshore wind.
Spain has plans to develop as much as 3 gigawatts (GW) of installed offshore capacity by 2030. As a result of the delimitations established, Spain is expected to announce tenders to develop wind farms this year that would be operational by the end of the decade, Joan Groizard, managing director of the state-run Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving told La Vanguardia newspaper.
Groizard said offshore projects in Spain would require floating platforms because of the depth of the sea off Spain’s coast. Spanish engineering company Ferrovial and renewable energy developer RWE said they had signed a memorandum of understanding to develop offshore wind farms.