The wind power grave the prices of the electrical market

That the wind saves him money to the electrical consumers has seen very clear in the last days, as a result of it it ciclogéneis explosive that has crossed Spain and big part of Europe in Navidad, according to the Wind Business Association. This atmospheric phenomenon, that brings achieve water and wind in abundance, has caused that the wind covered 47,5% of the demand of electricity of Spain the Tuesday of Nochebuena and 53,8% the Wednesday of Navidad. That is to say that the half of the electricity consumed by the Spaniards in Navidad has provided it to him the wind.

Like the wind generation goes in to a price marginal zero in the electrical wholesale market –displacing in this way to technologies more expensive–, during these two last days the prices have fallen exponencialmente. According to the data of Omie, the price of the pool situated the Tuesday in 9,18 euros/MWh and the Wednesday in 5,42 euros. Today it situates in 12,84 euros. In the rest of December, the anticyclone that has accompanied us had like consequence some levels of wind unusually basses for the last month of the year, one of the reasons by which the price of the electricity has shot until maxima of 112 euros/MWh.

The wind has been the technology that more electricity has contributed to Spain in 2013, what occurs for the first time in the history in a complete year. According to the advance of 2013 of the operator of the system, Electrical Network of Spain (REE), the coverage of the demand with wind has been of 21,1%.