The power capacity in the Spanish peninsula exceeded 100 GW,
while minimum and peak power demands reached only 17.8 and
44.1 GW h/h, respectively [47,48]. This effect has been attributed
to lower economic activity after the recovery of certain industrial
sectors in the previous year and the differences in seasonal use
and temperatures between the two years (Spain experienced
increasingly higher electrical consumption during the summer
months due to the expanding use of cooling systems) [26]. The
average consumption of a Spanish home was 10,521 kW h, of
which 47% corresponded to heating and approximately 19% to
sanitary hot water [49].