{"id":297809,"date":"2025-07-28T06:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/297809\/"},"modified":"2025-07-28T06:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T06:33:09","slug":"spain-processes-3-4-gw-of-renewables-in-july-amid-surge-in-hybridisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/297809\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain processes 3.4 GW of renewables in July amid surge in hybridisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In July, 43 projects totalling 1,991.35 MW were approved, while 24 projects amounting to 1,336.11 MW were rejected. The leading companies were GECAMA (325 MW), Enel Green Power (315.33 MW), Statkraft (153.78 MW), and Naturgy (198 MW).<\/p>\n<p>In <b>July 2025<\/b>, the <b>Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge<\/b> published <b>67 administrative resolutions<\/b> in the <b>Official State Gazette (BOE)<\/b> related to renewable energy projects. The total capacity processed reached <b>3,381.13 MW<\/b>, covering <b>photovoltaic, wind, and storage<\/b> technologies, with a growing presence of <b>hybrid systems<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the milestones was the authorisation of the <b>Saurus project<\/b>, with <b>152.25 MW<\/b>, promoted by <b>Engie Energ\u00eda<\/b>, hybridised with the <b>Castelnou combined cycle thermal power plant<\/b> in <b>Teruel<\/b>. Also approved was the hybrid plant by <b>GECAMA<\/b>, combining <b>225 MW<\/b> of photovoltaics and <b>100 MW<\/b> of storage, linked to a wind farm in <b>Cuenca<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/strategicenergy.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Strategic Energy Europe<\/strong><\/a> highlights the permits to <b>Statkraft<\/b> stand out, including the <b>153.78 MW Arada Solar<\/b> photovoltaic plant, hybridised with a wind farm. The <b>48.8 MW Concejo II<\/b> wind farm, promoted by <b>Forestalia<\/b>, was also authorised following administrative corrections.<\/p>\n<p>The following projects received favourable environmental impact assessments:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>La Farga Bess<\/b> (<b>148.37 MW<\/b>, storage, <b>Girona<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lagerung<\/b>, by <b>Matrix Renewable<\/b> (<b>101.8 MW<\/b>, storage, <b>Girona<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Coral Solar<\/b>, by <b>Metka EGN<\/b> (<b>150 MW<\/b>, solar, <b>Valladolid<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Escuderos V Hybrid<\/b>, by <b>Elawan<\/b>, with <b>14.4 MW<\/b> wind and <b>37.31 MW<\/b> solar (<b>Cuenca<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>PHFV Sierra de la Oliva<\/b>, by <b>Naturgy<\/b>, with <b>30 MWn<\/b> solar integrated with a <b>30 MW<\/b> wind farm (<b>Albacete<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>PHFV Ampliaci\u00f3n El Hierro<\/b>, by <b>Naturgy<\/b>, with <b>43.2 MW<\/b> solar hybridised with wind (<b>Zamora<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>PFVH San Blas<\/b>, by <b>Naturgy<\/b>, combining <b>39 MW<\/b> photovoltaics and <b>20 MW<\/b> of batteries (<b>Valladolid<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Las Rega\u00f1as<\/b>, by <b>OPDEnergy<\/b> (batteries, <b>Barcelona<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Hibridaci\u00f3n Zafra<\/b>, by <b>OPDEnergy<\/b>, with <b>24.04 MW<\/b> batteries (<b>Seville<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>La Loma<\/b>, by <b>Alerion<\/b>, a <b>36 MW<\/b> storage system (<b>Teruel<\/b>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The following projects received public utility declarations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Caparacena 400<\/b>, by <b>Enel Green Power<\/b> (<b>222.09 MW<\/b>, <b>Granada<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Caparacena 220<\/b>, also by <b>Enel Green Power<\/b> (<b>93.24 MW<\/b>, <b>Granada<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Stopper Solar<\/b>, by <b>Verbund AG<\/b> (<b>114.3 MW<\/b>, <b>Malaga<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dalia<\/b>, by <b>Capital Energy<\/b> (<b>107.54 MW<\/b>, <b>Leon<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Cabezuelas<\/b>, by <b>Capital Energy<\/b> (<b>60 MW<\/b>, <b>Soria<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>FV Alentisque<\/b>, by <b>Eolia<\/b>, with <b>49.32 MW<\/b> photovoltaics hybridised with a wind farm (<b>Soria<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Naturgy<\/b> added six approved wind projects in <b>Seville<\/b>: <b>PE Josmanil (30 MW)<\/b>, <b>Las Cabreras (12 MW)<\/b>, <b>Cortijo Nuevo (12 MW)<\/b>, <b>Villanueva 1 (40.6 MW)<\/b>, <b>Villanueva 2 (18 MW)<\/b>, and <b>Las Hazas (46.4 MW)<\/b>, totalling <b>159 MW<\/b>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the other hand, <b>Forestalia<\/b> accumulated the highest number of rejections, with <b>10 wind projects<\/b> dismissed: <b>Fontus, Dian, Felis, Fulgora, Kappa, Iota, \u00d3rbita, Lambda, \u00d3micron<\/b>, and <b>Omega<\/b>, each with <b>56 MW<\/b>, totalling <b>560 MW<\/b>. Added to these was the partial rejection of <b>FV Caparacena<\/b>, <b>274.96 MW<\/b>, promoted by <b>Iberdrola<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>Other significant rejections included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Magerit FV3<\/b>, by <b>Harbour Sevilla Manchuela 2<\/b>, with <b>268.95 MW<\/b> (<b>Toledo<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sasam\u00f3n<\/b>, by <b>SSE Renewables<\/b>, with <b>112.2 MW<\/b> (<b>Burgos and Palencia<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Madrid Norte 1<\/b>, by <b>Matrix Renewables<\/b>, with <b>69 MW<\/b> (<b>Guadalajara-Madrid<\/b>).<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>R\u00edo Seco<\/b>, by <b>Maat Servicios Integrales<\/b>, with <b>51 MW<\/b> (<b>Castell\u00f3n<\/b>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Administrative corrections were also granted to <b>Concejo II<\/b> (<b>Forestalia<\/b>) and <b>Arada Solar<\/b> (<b>Statkraft<\/b>), without changes in the declared capacities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In July, 43 projects totalling 1,991.35 MW were approved, while 24 projects amounting to 1,336.11 MW were rejected.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-297809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114929467969287228","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}