Iberdrola boosts renewables output, capacity in 2021

El Marquesado wind farm in Granada, Spain. Image by Iberdrola (www.iberdrola.com)

Spanish electric utility Iberdrola SA (BME:IBE) produced 73,719 GWh of power from its renewables across the world in 2021, up 8.7% year-on-year, the company said in the preliminary energy report.

During the fourth quarter, the production output from renewables rose by 3.9% to 18,581 GWh.

The amount of installed renewable energy capacity increased as well, by 9.2% on the year to reach a worldwide total of 38,035 MW at the end of December. This figure also includes the capacity of large hydroelectric plants, batteries and 13 MW of fuel cells.

Selected figures from Iberdrola’s 2021 energy report are presented in the table:

Technology	January - December 2021		Installed capacity at end-December 2021	Installed capacity at end-December 2020
Technology	GWh	y/y change	Installed capacity at end-December 2021	Installed capacity at end-December 2020
Onshore wind	41,343	5.5%	19,376 MW	18,471 MW
Offshore wind	4,617	5.4%	1,258 MW	1,258 MW
Hydro	24,374	10.6%	13,849 MW	12,864 MW
Mini-hydro	630	-7.5%	285 MW	303 MW
Solar	2,671	78.8%	3,060 MW	1,878 MW
Batteries	N.A.	N.A.	193 MW	31 MW

Over the course of 2021, Iberdrola added new capacity in all of its markets worldwide. Renewable power production also rose in 2021, in varying degrees: Spain (+9.7%), UK (+0.6%), US (+0.2%), Mexico (+63.8%), Brazil (+11.7%) and Iberdrola Energia Internacional, formerly the Rest of the World market, (+28.0%).

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