ENERGY FROM THE WATER
Hydroelectric reserves
Information based on provisional data from 8 April, 2022
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Regarding hydroelectric reserves, the year 2021 ended with reserves below the statistical average, being a rather dry year. The year 2021 ends with a filling percentage of 36.0%, lower than the value at the end of 2020 (50.8%).
Total hydroelectric reserves
Statistical maximum and minimum: average of the maximum and minimum values of the last 20 years.
The reserves have been above the historical average reserves until the month of April. In February, reserves reach almost the statistical maximum. Since July they have been below the historical average, getting closer to the minimum values over the last two months.
Installed capacity and hydroelectric reserves as of December 31, 2021 by hydrographic basins
Extreme values of mainland reserves
| 2021 | Historic values | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWh | Date | % | Date | % | ||
| Maximums | Annual | 7.309 | 23/02/2021 | 81,5 | May of 1969 | 92 |
| Hyper-annual | 5.468 | 16/03/2021 | 57,1 | April of 1979 | 91,1 | |
| Combined | 1.271 | 02/03/2021 | 68,6 | April of 1979 | 86,6 | |
| Minimums | Annual | 3.214 | 02/11/2021 | 35,9 | 8 December 2017 | 24,1 |
| Hyper-annual | 2.607 | 07/12/2021 | 2,7 | November of 1983 | 17,6 | |
| Combined | 5.952 | 02/11/2021 | 32,1 | 8 December 2017 | 23 | |
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