Biomass can satisfy the energy demand in Spain for 28 days a year

The 'Bioenergy Day in Spain' is held again this year on December 3, date that coincides with the beginning of the period from which biomass can meet all the country's energy demand until the end of the year. Therefore, Spain remains in the 28 days of energy self -supply only with biomass, similar to the previous year, so it falls to the 25th place in the eurranking, now also behind Greece and Belgium, according to Bioenergy EurOpe statistics.

The president of the Spanish Association of Energy Valuation of Biomass ( Avebiom ), Javier Díaz, has negatively valued this data, since it represents an advance of only 0.9 days, far from the four that have advanced other eur opeos countries with similar potential or minor. "Spain should have advanced more, but the lack of determined support from administrations has stopped progression."

Díaz has claimed the Government of Spain to "take urgent measures if you want to meet the eurOpeos objectives to reduce the dependence on fossil, highly polluting energy, that greatly unbalance our national payments by not being endogenous resources such as biomass."

As is known, the EurOPEA Union has set the objective of reducing 80% greenhouse gas emissions in 2050, compared to 1990 levels, and has recently approved the increase in the contribution of renewable energy in energy mix up to 32%.

The president of Avebiom, who has recognized the expectations raised by the new government and the future law of climate change and energy transition, recalled that the reality is that “Spain loses positions in EurOPA, when we have a great potential of underlined resources that, if used, the 'day of the bioenergy in Spain' would be advanced to eur25 Opea (November 19) ”.

In Spain, 41% of the annual growth of the wooden stock is used, very low percentage if we compare it to the average eurOpea (73%). "There is an accumulation of wood in our forest that not only slows the potential growth of the sector, but also represents a high risk of fire every summer."

And in addition to wood, Díaz recalled, “Spain is rich in other resources, such as those from agriculture (olive and fruit tree prunings or shoots), which are practically not used for bioenergy uses, since they are burned as stubble. generating uncontrolled emissions.”

According to data from the Biomasud Plus project, Spain could have 625,600 tons of oil equivalent (TEPs) from olive tree prunings, as well as 290,200 TEPs of vine shoots. And in addition, it could count on 516,000 TEPs annually from sustainably managed bushes, according to information from the Enerbiocrub project and data from MAPAMA.

These data, according to the president of Avebiom, show the "fundamental role" that biomass in the transition to renewable energy has. "Bioenergy is the source of the most important renewables in EurOPA, since it represents 63% of the total consumed, ahead of gas and coal, becoming the first source of native energy."

In this sense, Díaz has insisted on calling on the Government to promote "the role of bioenergy as one of the main engines that allow us to achieve the objectives of the future Law on Climate Change and Energy Transition."

And in the case of electricity generation, he finally said, "it would be important for new auctions to be called, so that the generation base manageable with this technology can be maintained when the coal-fired power plants, combined cycles and nuclear ones.”