Iberdrola reached an electricity production of 154,233 million kilowatt hours (kWh) in 2010, which represents an increase of 8% compared to 2009, as reported by the company, which has attributed this "significant" rebound to the greater contribution of clean generation technologies, especially renewable energies and hydraulics.
According to the provisional data sent by the electricity company to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), the Group's hydroelectric plants have increased their generation by 84.4%, to 22,073 million kWh, which is equivalent to 14.3% of the total electricity generated by the company in 2010.
On the other hand, renewables produced 18.2% more electricity last year, to add 25,405 million kWh, with a weight on the total that already reaches 16.5%. Cogeneration plants increased their production by 2.4% in 2010, to 6,540 million kWh.
Nuclear plants also increased their electricity production, by 14.4%, to 26,111 million kWh, 17% of all production, as well as thermal plants, which increased their production by 13%, with 14,961 million kWh.
By contrast, Iberdrola's combined cycle power plants worldwide generated 59,104 million kWh last year, 11.6% less than in 2009.
Even so, this technology remains the one with the greatest weight in the Group's production balance, with 38.3%. Likewise, fuel oil plants, with 39 million kWh, practically disappear from the company's generation balance.
PRODUCTION IN SPAIN RISES BY 10.9%.
In Spain, Iberdrola's production stood at 72,423 million kWh in 2010, up 10.9%, thanks to a 105.8% increase in hydraulic activity and renewable energies and nuclear power plants, which increased their production by 13.4% and 14.4%, respectively. These data contrast with the 38.8% drop in combined gas cycles.
Emissions to the atmosphere in the period reached 250 grams of CO2 per kWh at Group level, compared to 279 grams in 2009, while in Spain they fell from 164 to 99 grams of CO2 per kWh. Almost 48% of all electricity production was free of CO2 emissions, a figure that in Spain rose to almost 80%.
On the other hand, Iberdrola's generation outside Spain exceeded 81,800 million kWh in 2010, of which 38,023 million correspond to Latin America, 0.4% less; 27,968 million to the United Kingdom (+6.5%), and 13,635 million to the United States (+21.2%).
The Group has 6,948 megawatts (MW) installed in the United Kingdom, 5,598 MW in the United States, 5,565 MW in Latin America and another 1,270 MW distributed in the rest of the world. In Spain, power at the end of 2010 amounted to 25,590 MW.
In total, and after the diversification of its generation park worldwide undertaken during 2010, Iberdrola's installed capacity stood at 44,991 MW at the end of last year, with combined cycles representing 29.2% of the total power, compared to 27.9% of renewable energies, 22% of hydraulics, 10.5% of thermal, 7.4% of nuclear, 2.7% of cogeneration, and 0.3% of fuel oil. (EUROPA PRESS)
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