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It's a neat tool however please keep in mind that Spain is actually a very big importer of energy. Earlier this year a major construction project has ended: a
by karambahh 11y ago
It's a neat tool however please keep in mind that Spain is actually a very big importer of energy.
Earlier this year a major construction project has ended: a double 65km tunnel below the pyrenean of 1000MW capacity. It doubled the previous existing capacity.[1]
Spain is a very large importer of energy, ENTSOE data for October is 525GWh FR->ES [2] Since the energy mix of France is roughly 75% Nuclear, in reality Spain relies much heavily on nuclear than what is displayed.
Based on ENTSOE data, Fraunhoffer built another very nice data visualisation of import/export of electricity between Germany and its neighbours [3]
European electricity networks are very tightly interconnected, and although I don't have a source at hand, I remember being told that preventing a domino effect between countries has been a massive feat of engineering. Basically, the fear of every energy provider/network is something similar to the blackout that happenned in northern america in 2003[4]
As a side note does anyone know what "balearic exchange" refers to? I guess something the Baleares islands, but my google-fu failed me
[1] http://www.inelfe.eu/?Liaison-electrique-souterraine&lang=fr http://www.inelfe.eu/?Liaison-electrique-souterraine&lang=fr
[2] https://www.entsoe.eu/db-query/exchange/detailed-electricity-exchange https://www.entsoe.eu/db-query/exchange/detailed-electricity...
[3] https://www.energy-charts.de/exchange.htm https://www.energy-charts.de/exchange.htm
[4] http://www.nature.com/news/is-the-us-grid-better-prepared-to-prevent-a-repeat-of-the-2003-blackout-1.13559 http://www.nature.com/news/is-the-us-grid-better-prepared-to...
- gearhart 11y agoI don't know anything myself, but interested trawling brought up this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cometa_(HVDC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cometa_(HVDC) which I imagine is the route, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_Network_of_the_Balearic_Islands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_Network_of_the_Bal... which I imagine are the offshore sources, although it's all a bit out of date, no details about the overall exchange programme
- alricb 11y agoThe HVDC line between the mainland and Mallorca is used to send power to the Balearic Islands (the big ones being Mallorca, Menorca and Ibiza). There's already a Mallorca-Menorca line, and they plan on building one to Ibiza.
- alricb 11y agoSpain is a net exporter of electricity; its net exports were 3406 GWh in 2014 (vs. total consumption of 243,530 GWh). It imported 5963 GWh from France and sent 2395 GWh back; For Portugal it was 6345 GWh imported vs. 7247 exported, and there was an exportation of 5839 GWh to Morroco (vs. 3 GWh of importation). Exports and Imports vary depending on the season. From January to April, when the most hydro power is produced, Spain is a net exporter to France and a net importer from Portugal. The rest of the year, the balance is mostly reversed. The export to Morroco is roughly stable all year. In 2014, Spain's nuclear power plants produced 57,376 GWh. Assuming all energy imported from France (5963 GWh) was from nuclear plants, that would add 10.4% to nuclear-source electricity, for a total of 63,339 GWh, or 26% of consumption (vs. 23.6% if you don't count French imports). Edit: source for all that: http://www.ree.es/es/publicaciones/sistema-electrico-espanol/informe-anual/informe-del-sistema-electrico-espanol-2014 http://www.ree.es/es/publicaciones/sistema-electrico-espanol...
- karambahh 11y agoDidn't know that, thanks!