MADRID, June 28 (Reuters) – Spain will double its 2030
targets for biogas and green hydrogen production, a draft of the
energy ministry’s updated climate strategy seen by Reuters on
Wednesday.
The new plan increases the Spanish government’s energy and
climate ambitions across the board, setting higher goals for
solar and wind power, among others. Energy is a hotly debated
topic in Spain ahead of national elections next month, with the
front-runner, the opposition People’s Party (PP), pushing to
extend the life of its nuclear plants.
The revised plan sets a 2030 target of 11 gigawatts (GW) of
electrolysers, up from a previous target of 4 GW. It also plans
to double the target for biogas production to 20 terawatt hours
(TWh).
By 2030, Madrid wants to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 32%
from the level in 1990. The previous target was 23%.
The document is a draft that may still be amended.
The plan also increases targets for wind generation
capacity, to 62 GW from a previous 50 GW, and photovoltaic
generation capacity to around 76 GW, and power storage capacity
to 22 GW.
A spokesperson for the Energy Ministry declined to comment.
Spain, like its European peers, faced an end-of-June
deadline to submit the draft updated plan to the European
Commission. The final text is due by June next year.
(Reporting by Pietro Lombardi; additional reporting by Andres
Gonzalez, editing by Inti Landauro and Louise Heavens)
