A fondo: Análisis 2020 | In depth: 2020 Analysis www.futurenergyweb.es FuturEnergy | Diciembre 2020-Enero 2021 December 2020-January 2021 44 Y vamos contrarreloj. El Gobierno, a través del MITECO, está acelerando el paso. Siguiendo estos planes, UNEF calcula en su Estrategia de Industrialización Fotovoltaica que, para cumplir con el PNIEC, se arrastrará una inversión del orden de 20.000 M€. Hace unas semanas, la Agencia Internacional de la Energía, poco dada a comentarios tan favorables hacia las renovables, coronó a la fotovoltaica como la fuente de energía más barata de la historia y con más futuro para este siglo. Y por una vez, nuestro país cuenta con ventaja en la revolución que se avecina. Contamos con un abundante recurso natural, y de gran calidad, tenemos un tejido empresarial fotovoltaico puntero, que ha sobrevivido gracias a las exportaciones durante los tiempos más duros. Dos de los diez mayores fabricantes mundiales de inversores y cinco de los diez mayores fabricantes de seguidores solares son españoles. Somos líderes en ingenierías y empresas epecistas. Atrás han quedado los tiempos en los que nuestra tecnología aún resultaba cara gracias a una reducción de más de un 85% de los costes de producción. Tenemos prácticamente todos los ingredientes necesarios para hacer de España un hub fotovoltaico internacional, que favorezca no solo la independencia energética propia, sino que nos convierta en un país exportador de este recurso y de la tecnología para explotarlo y que nos permita liderar la transformación energética e industrial de nuestro país. Pero eso no significa que esté todo hecho. Hay que seguir trabajando en el marco normativo que permita sustanciar esta gran oportunidad. El 2020 termina, por fin, pero aún queda un trabajo importante por hacer, sobre todo a nivel normativo. La labor de UNEF, que representa a más de un 85% de la facturación del sector fotovoltaico, se está concentrando en tratar de influir desde la experiencia de años, aprendiendo de los países de nuestro entorno, para conseguir las mejores condiciones posibles, con precios y legislación estables y previsibles. Sólo así las empresas españolas conseguirán la financiación que necesitan para sobrevivir en un mundo globalizado. En los últimos meses el sol no solo llena de extranjeros nuestras playas, nos ha transformado en un apetecible mercado de energía. And time is against us. The Government, via MITECO, is accelerating the pace. Following these plans, in its PV Industrialisation Strategy, UNEF calculates that investments in the region of €20bn will need to be found to comply with the NECP. A few weeks ago, the International Energy Agency, little given to making such favourable remarks about renewables, crowned PV as the cheapest energy source in history and with the brightest future this century. And for once, Spain has an advantage in this imminent revolution.We benefit from an abundant natural, high quality resource, along with a cutting-edge PV industry framework that has survived thanks to exports during the harshest times. Two of the world’s ten largest inverter manufacturers and five of the ten leading manufacturers of solar trackers are Spanish.We offer leading engineering firms and EPC contractors. The times when our technology used to be seen as expensive is a thing of the past, thanks to a fall in production costs of more than 85%. We have almost every ingredient we need to make Spain an international PV hub, which not only fosters our own energy independence, but also turns us into an exporter of both the resource and the technology, to exploit it and allow us to lead the industrial and energy transformation of our country. However, this does not mean that everything is done.Work must continue on the regulatory framework to turn this great opportunity into reality. 2020 has finally come to an end, but there is still much to be done, above all at regulatory level. The work of UNEF, which represents more than 85% of the PV sector turnover, is focusing on bringing the experience of years to try and influence decision, learning from our neighbours in order to achieve the best conditions possible, with stable and foreseeable prices and legislation. Only then will Spanish companies obtain the financing they need to survive in a globalised world. Over recent months, the sun has not only filled our beaches with foreign visitors but has also transformed us into an enticing energy market. Our companies need to gain in weight, grow, seek alliances and form clusters that facilitate investment in R&D. To win the battle of competitiveness they must digitalise and access 5G technology. A robust storage structure must be developed to stabilise the energy supply during the night hours or when the wind is not blowing. Green hydrogen, obtained by a process of electrolysis from renewable sources, is set to become the big solution. But there is still a long way to go in terms of development. Some analysts believe that it will still take years to reduce its costs in order to become truly competitive, but at least support is in place. Self-consumption, at every level, from private property owners to industries and local energy communities, will only accelerate Foto cortesía de: | Photo courtesy of: Alusín Solar
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