Enel Grids, the electrical energy distribution enterprise of Italian utility group Enel SpA (BIT:ENEL), linked nearly 5.6 GW of distributed renewable power capability to its distribution grids in 2022.
The enterprise stated on Thursday this can be a report excessive quantity, equivalent to about 411,000 producers and prosumers, and takes its complete grid-connected small and medium-scale renewable capability globally to 65.7 GW.
Of the brand new capability final 12 months, 2.4 GW was linked in Italy. Photo voltaic installations accounted for many of this. Enel Grids additionally linked 2.2 GW of capability in Spain. The remaining capability was primarily added in Brazil, the place 800 MW was linked to the grids.
The corporate stated the report numbers are underpinned by ever-increasing internet hosting capability and excessive stage of digitalisation of its distribution grids.
“Power grids are key in the current energy scenario, marked by the growing and ever more decentralised renewable generation and the increasingly active role of customers […],” commented Enel Grids head Antonio Cammisecra.
“We are expecting even greater volumes for 2023 and beyond, as shown by the consistent growth of requests in the first weeks of the year,” added Cammisecra.
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