en.Wedoany.com Reported - Spain's Council of Ministers approved on Tuesday an urgent royal decree for the transmission and distribution grid investment plan. According to sources from the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge who spoke to Europa Press, the draft plan was published for public consultation in September last year, with an estimated investment of €13.59 billion by 2030 to meet national needs and achieve the goals of the 2023-2030 National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC), prioritizing industrial projects.

The main driver of this plan comes from the demand side, accounting for 41% of the over 7,000 applications received, followed by generation (40%) and storage (19%). The number of applications is five times that of the current plan, with larger consumption scales and significant changes in type. In the current 2021-2026 plan, renewable energy accounts for 67% of connection requests, while demand-side connections are mainly driven by natural growth, with scarce residential sector involvement and primarily driven by the railway network.

The plan aims to meet 27.7 gigawatts (GW) of demand through the transmission grid, 14 times the 2 GW in the current 2026 plan. Distribution grid growth is strong, reaching 5.3 GW. The proposal includes 422 connection expansions, including 142 for new users on the transmission grid, 84 for special entities (such as Spanish railway infrastructure manager ADIF and ports), and 196 to support the distribution grid.

The scenario published in September last year estimated an investment of €13.59 billion, significantly higher than the €8.203 billion in the current 2021-2026 plan (including two targeted amendments). By 2030, transmission grid investment is expected to increase by €3.6 billion and distribution grid investment by €7.7 billion, exceeding the projected levels of 0.065% and 0.13% of GDP in the coming years. Additionally, this includes international interconnection investments not subject to investment limits and investments funded by European funds.

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