Wind power became Spain's main source of electricity for the first time ever this month, in a country renowned for its focus on renewable energy, the power-generating authority REE said Thursday
Wind power became
Spain
's
main source of electricity for the first time ever this month, in a country
renowned for its focus on renewable energy, the power-generating authority REE
said Thursday.
"Wind farms accounted for 21% of demand and reached a monthly
record," 5% more than in March 2010, it said in a statement.
Overall, renewable energy provided 42.2% of electricity demand, REE said.
Hydro energy accounted for 17.3% during the month, solar energy 2.6%, nuclear
19%, and coal-powered electricity 12.9%.
"With wind energy production in March, we could cover the monthly
electricity consumption of a country the size of
Portugal
,"
the country's association of wind farms, AEE, said in a statement.
"This historic milestone reached by wind energy shows that this energy
source, as well as being indigenous, clean and increasingly competitive, is
also capable of providing for three million Spanish households," said AEE
president Jose Donoso.
AEE said the growth in wind energy was "the main reason why 2010 was the
first year in which
Spain
was a
(net) exporter of electricity along with
France
."
Spain
was
the fourth largest producer of wind energy in 2009 due to the government's
policy of supporting the sector in recent years.
Διαβάστε ακόμα
Τρι, 24 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024 - 19:58
Τρι, 24 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024 - 19:54
Τετ, 18 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024 - 18:32
Τετ, 18 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024 - 18:27
Τρι, 17 Σεπτεμβρίου 2024 - 20:01