The canary islands are an archipelago of 7,447 km2 and 2,127,685 inhabitants (2018), situated to the northwest of Africa (Figure 1). The islands are an autonomous community of Spain. There are eight inhabited islands and six isolated power grids, as Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, and La Graciosa are an interconnected system. The available amount of solar energy is quite high, reaching values of approximately 1,900 kWh/kilowatt peak (kwp)/year in favorable locations. Wind is also an important renewable resource, mostly during summer.

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重返赛场：在加那利群岛实现100％可再生能源

加那利群岛是一个位于非洲西北部的群岛，占地7,447平方公里，人口2,127,685（2018年）（图1）。这些岛屿是西班牙的自治社区。富埃特文图拉岛，兰萨罗特岛和格拉西奥萨岛是一个相互连接的系统，有八个有人居住的岛屿和六个孤立的电网。太阳能的可用量非常高，在有利的位置，每年可达到约1,900 kWh /千瓦峰值（kwp）/年。风能也是重要的可再生资源，主要在夏季。