E The Renewable Electricity Forum of the Spanish Association for Standardization, UNE, has published its first reporto “Renewable Electricity and Public Policy”, which aims to highlight the role of standards as valuable tools in the development of regulatory documents, both at national and European level.
The Forum aims to coordinate Spanish interests in standardisation in the field of renewable energies for the production, distribution and management of electrical energy, as well as to disseminate information affecting the sector or any of its subsectors. It brings together the main players in the renewable energy sector in Spain: hydro, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind, marine and fuel cells, with the participation of all levels of government.
Standardisation contributes to the political and macroeconomic context by driving the energy transition. The European Union has defined five dimensions (decarbonisation, energy efficiency, energy security, internal energy market, and research, innovation and competitiveness) as part of its goal of a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate-neutral economy by 2050.
A concern shared by the energy sub-sectors is the need for regulation to support the achievement of these objectives. UNE's renewable electricity committees work collaboratively to contribute to these goals, a task that has intensified since the creation of this Forum in 2022. The Forum expects that future legislative developments in renewable electrical energy will be based on the catalogue of UNE Standards, thus promoting collaboration between governments, companies and standardisation.
This Forum is made up of: Wind Energy Association (AEE); Spanish Association for Hydrogen (AeH2); Electrical Equipment Manufacturers Association (AFBEL); Spanish Association of Electrical Equipment Manufacturers (AFME); Association of Renewable Energy Companies (APPA); Spanish Association of Electricity Distributors (CIDE); Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT); National Hydrogen Centre (CNH2); National Federation of Electrical Installations, Telecommunications and Air Conditioning Companies of Spain (FENIE); Institute for Energy Diversification and Saving (IDAE); Ministry of Industry and Tourism; Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge; Spanish Association for the Promotion of the Solar Thermal Industry (PROTERMOSOLAR); TECNALIA Research & Innovation; and the Spanish Photovoltaic Union (UNEF).
