Andalusia ended the first half of 2026 with 19,518.4 megawatts (MW) of renewable electricity generation capacity, nearly 73% of the region’s total installed electricity-generation capacity. The regional government’s cabinet was briefed on the half-year energy report, prepared by the Department of Universities, Industry, Energy and Innovation. The report says the increase of 2,158.8 MW was the largest half-year rise recorded to date in Andalusia.
New facilities brought investment of more than €2.1 billion and created more than 6,500 jobs associated with their construction, according to the report. Solar photovoltaic power accounted for most of the growth: 39 plants, each with capacity above 10 MW, added 2,123.2 MW between January and June. Photovoltaics now account for 13,818.8 MW, or 70.8% of renewable electricity capacity.
Self-consumption installations added 308.4 MW during the half-year. They account for 2,230 MW, or 16.1% of total photovoltaic capacity, across more than 212,800 installations.
Other technologies also grew. Granada added a 40.5 MW wind farm in Huéneja, while Cádiz gained 1.4 MW of wind capacity through the repowering of a wind farm. Hydropower added 0.1 MW in Granada. Four biogas plants in Mijas, Marbella, Benalmádena and Estepona, in Málaga province, provide a combined 2.6 MW of electricity-generation capacity.
By province, Sevilla accounted for 1,538 MW, or 71.2%, of new renewable capacity installed during the half-year. Jaén added 161.7 MW, 7.5% of the total increase, followed by Granada with 104.2 MW and Córdoba with 102.4 MW. Cádiz added 99.6 MW, Almería 79.1 MW, Málaga 46.2 MW and Huelva 27.6 MW.
Data compiled by the Andalusian Energy Agency as of 30 June 2026 show that solar technologies—photovoltaic and solar thermal—account for 14,816.2 MW combined. Wind power stands at 3,744.6 MW, or 19.2% of renewable capacity; hydropower at 639.5 MW (3.3%); and electricity generation from biomass and biogas at 313.6 MW. Ocean thermal power adds 4.5 MW.
Andalusia’s electricity mix also includes 5,953 MW of combined-cycle capacity and 804.6 MW from cogeneration and waste. A further 570 MW comes from the region’s only remaining coal-fired power station, in Cádiz, which is currently not generating electricity. The system has 599.4 MW of storage capacity: 570 MW at pumped-storage plants and 29.4 MW in batteries.
The report also notes that the first plant in Andalusia to inject biomethane directly into the gas network began operating in Huelva in December 2025. A second plant opened in Granada during the first half of 2026. It uses about 100,000 tonnes of organic waste from local agro-industrial activity each year to produce 58 GWh of biomethane annually.