OPERATING DATA

At the close of the fiscal year 2022, net production in Spain amounted to 56,698 GWh, while installed capacity in Spain stood at 29,013 MW.

Also, we have 11.34 million points of managed electricity supply, while the energy distributed reached 68,462 GWh, in line with the previous year.

Data on production and installed capacity of the Iberdrola group in Spain in Fiscal Year 2022

Key figures

    2022 2021 vs 2021
Net production GWh 56,698 60,967 -7.0%
Nuclear GWh 23,886 23,193 3.0%
Gas Combined Cycles GWh 7,082 7,023 0.8%
Cogeneration GWh 1,904 2,331 -18.3%
Renewables GWh 23,826 28,420 -16.2%
Installed capacity MW 29,013 28,427 2.1%
Nuclear MW 3,177 3,177 0
Gas Combined Cycles MW 5,695 5,695 0
Cogeneration MW 347 347 0
Renewables* MW 19,796 19,210 3.1%
Distributed Electricity GWh 89,622 90,933 -1.4%
Gas Supplies GWh 30,921 32,911 -6.0%
Consumers GWh 15,258 17,138 -11.0%
Gas Combined Cycles GWh 15,663 15,774 -0.7%
Electricity Users (managed supply points) No (mill.) 11.36 11.28 0.7%
Electricity customers No (mill.) 10.88 10.76 1.1%
Gas customers No (mill.) 1.35 1.44 -6.0 %

 

(*) Includes 998 MW of hydroelectric capacity installed in Portugal.

Network business

At the end of 2022, the networks business in Spain had 11.4 million supply points, while distributed energy totalled 89,622 GWh, down 1.4% compared to the end of 2021.

i-DE launched the European project BeFlexible in 2022, with the aim of tackling the challenge of accelerating the Energy Transition and meeting the objectives of the Green Deal. The project has received funding of EUR 10 million from the European Commission through the Horizon Europe programme and has a duration of four years.

More information on i-DE (spanish version)

Electricity production and customers business 

At year end, Iberdrola had an installed renewable capacity in Spain of 19,796 MW (+3.1%). 

Changes in production consolidated at EBITDA level by technology were as follows with respect to 2021:

  • Onshore wind production totalled 11,254 GWh, down 2.1%, mainly due to the lower wind resource that period.
  • Hydroelectric production stood at 9,511 GWh, down 34.9% due to lower rainfall during the year.
  • Solar photovoltaic production totalled 2,150 GWh, up 74.4% as a result of the commissioning of new capacity.

As regards retail supply, the portfolio managed by Iberdrola in Spain totalled 22.2 million contracts at 31 December 2022, up 6.4% compared to the end of December 2021. From January 1, 2022, the old Rest of the World marketing contracts are included in the marketing in Spain.

More information on the operating data of the aforementioned businesses of the Iberdrola Group by country can be found on the Group's Map of facilities and operating data page.