Solar energy

The 2025 electricity picture in Spain has quietly tilted in households’ favour.

Residential solar panel installation has boomed in Spain in the last two years. In 2022, 2.5 gigawatts (GW) of self-consumption power was installed on more than 200,000 homes, twice as much as in 2021. Most were single-family homes, as residential installation is more complicated.

Self-supply photovoltaic systems have certain limitations, the cost being one of the chief ones, as it is inaccessible for many people. Grants are available but take a long time to be paid, usually after installation.

Solar energy has experienced a boom in Spain in recent years, so much so that the government has been forced to regulate self-consumption grids.

The Swedish home decoration giant IKEA is going green in Spain. IKEA has announced that it will sell its new solar panel range in Spain in partnership with the Spanish energy company Contigo Energía.

Spain is one of the most attractive countries in the world for investment in clean energy.

The vast majority of multi-family residential buildings in Spain have the capacity to install solar panels on their roofs, according to data from idealista/energy, with the potential to achieve shared energy consumption among neighbours.

The end of the "sun tax" has finally happened in Spain, with the removal of this tax by the government. In the past, this tax made it difficult and slowed down the self-consumption of electricity in Spain.

The constant development of photovoltaic energy is making it increasingly possible for more homeowners to 'live off the sun' nowadays. The price of solar panels has experienced a reduction over the years, opening the door to self-consumption.

Solar panels are a possibility for you if you want to consume your own, clean energy and save money in the long term.