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Assessing the increase of solar fields in Iberian Peninsula

Authors :
David Alfonso Solar
Lina Montuori
Carlos Afranio Vargas Salgado
Paula Bastida-Molina
Source :
RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia, instname
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Universitat Politècnica València, 2019.

Abstract

[EN] Spanish electrical generation has traditionally included high pollutant energy resources, like fuel or carbon. However, disturbing ever-increase in the average temperature of Planet Earth has led to a search for sustainability in the energy scenario. Therefore, Spanish electrical generation mix is prone to replace contaminant energy resources by non-contaminant, such renewables. Concretely, Spain is one of the countries with more solar peak annual hours. Nevertheless, having enough space to increase solar fields has been widely question. In this paper, an unrealistic scenario where all the annual Spanish consumption would be covered by photovoltaics is deeply analysed. Considering real electrical Spanish consumption data from 2017, required total quantity of solar panels has been quantified. Additionally, the study takes the hypothesis that all the panels should be placed on Spanish desert zones for two main reasons. First, total solar peak annual hours there are higher than in other Spanish regions. Last, making there the installation would give use to previous wasted zones. Obtained results indicate that around 691 million of 330Wp solar panels would be required for this issue, taking up 492175 km2. This space means only a 0.77% of all Iberian Peninsula. These outcomes clearly show that there is suitable and enough space to increase solar fields in Iberian Peninsula.<br />This work was supported in part by the regional public administration of Valencia under the grant ACIF/2018/106.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Proceedings 5th CARPE Conference: Horizon Europe and beyond
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....32985906a4da9a903f9683b5c48925c2
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4995/carpe2019.2019.10205