Enel Grids connected over 5GW of renewable energy capacity to its distribution grids in 2022.
A total of 5.6GW across 411,000 producers and prosumers, of which about 317,000 were in Europe and the rest in Latin America, were added.
Out of the new capacity, 2.4GW were connected in Italy, of which roughly 2GW were solar PV, corresponding to installing more than 6m standard solar panels.
In Spain, Enel Grids connected 2.2GW of capacity, thanks to 97,000 new connections in 2022 (more than three times that of 2021), up to a total of around 134,000, corresponding to an overall capacity of 24.4GW.
The remaining additions were done mainly in Brazil, where 800MW were connected to the grids, almost double that of 2021.
The cumulated grid-connected capacity of small and medium-scale renewable capacity in Enel Grids across the world reached 65.7GW, which stems from a total of approximately 1.4m of energy producer-consumers, at the end of 2022.
“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, as shown by the record numbers of producers and prosumers connected to the Enel Group’s grids in 2022,” said head of Enel Grids Antonio Cammisecra.
“This unprecedented and bottom-up energy transition is driven by the large number of citizens making use of abundant clean natural resources to self-produce renewable energy. 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.”