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Revision as of 12:54, 12 March 2009
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Spain has the target of generating 30% of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources by 2010, with half of that amount coming from wind power. In 2006, 20% of the total electricity demand was already produced with renewable energy sources, and in January 2009 the total electricity demand produced with renewable energy sources reached the 34.8%.[1]
Some autonomous regions in Spain lead Europe in the use of renewable energy technology, and plan to reach 100% renewable energy generation in a few years (objetive "all electricity from renewable sources, AERS). Castile and León and Galicia are especially near this goal, producing in 2006 70% of their total electricity demand from renewable energy sources, and 5 communities produce more than 50% from renewables.
If nuclear power is also considered, two autonomous communities in Spain have already managed to produce their total electricity demand in 2006 completely free of CO2 emissions: Extremadura and Castile-La Mancha[2], although nuclear energy is not considered CO2 free source by environmentalists. In any case, Extremadura is the biggest increasing generator of renewable energy and in the future can displace nuclear energy by renewable energy. Also Castile-La Mancha is one of the biggest renewable energy producers in Spain and is increasing its share.
Wind power
Spain is one of the three world's largest users of wind power with an installed capacity of 15,515 MW at January 2008.[3] In 2007, wind farms accounted for almost 10% of the electricity generated in Spain.[4] On particular windy days, wind power generation has surpassed all other electricity sources in Spain, including nuclear[5].
Solar power
In 2005 Spain became the first country in the world to require the installation of photovoltaic electricity generation in new buildings, and the second in the world (after Israel) to require the installation of solar hot water systems [6].
Production
Production by source and Autonomous Community
Autonomous Community | Hydroelectric power | Wind power | Solar power | Biomass power | Solid waste power | Total Renewable Generation | Total Electricity Demand | % Renewable of Total Electricity Demand |
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Castile and León | 6960 | 3840 | 14 | 274 | 87 | 11175 | 15793 | 70.8% |
Galicia | 7561 | 5970 | 1 | 242 | 317 | 14091 | 20279 | 69.5% |
La Rioja | 124 | 897 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1027 | 1860 | 55.2% |
Aragón | 3073 | 3342 | 1 | 63 | 8 | 6487 | 11885 | 54.6% |
Navarre | 379 | 2248 | 28 | 269 | 0 | 2924 | 5401 | 54.1% |
Extremadura | 2244 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2245 | 5076 | 44.2% |
Castile-La Mancha | 710 | 3935 | 8 | 99 | 34 | 4786 | 12686 | 37.7% |
Asturias | 1680 | 357 | 0 | 221 | 400 | 2658 | 12391 | 21.5% |
Cantabria | 875 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 927 | 5693 | 16.3% |
Catalonia | 3223 | 301 | 7 | 77 | 241 | 3849 | 48498 | 7.9% |
Andalusia | 946 | 1042 | 5 | 728 | 0 | 2721 | 40737 | 6.7% |
Basque Country | 336 | 339 | 3 | 55 | 326 | 1059 | 20934 | 5.1% |
Valencia | 1041 | 266 | 13 | 55 | 0 | 1375 | 27668 | 5.0% |
Canary Islands | 0 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 288 | 9372 | 3.1% |
Balearic Islands | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 138 | 6235 | 2.2% |
Murcia | 65 | 93 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 176 | 8334 | 2.1% |
Madrid | 83 | 0 | 8 | 58 | 330 | 479 | 30598 | 1.6% |
Ceuta & Melilla | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 391 | 0.5% |
SPAIN | 29301 | 22924 | 97 | 2167 | 1921 | 56410 | 283829 | 19.9% |
See also
References
- ^ Las renovables ahorraron en enero 90 millones de euros en importaciones de gas, Energías-Renovables.com, (Spanish)
- ^ a b Red Eléctrica de España Annual Report 2006 Cite error: The named reference "RenewableSpain2006" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ "España instala en 2007 más megavatios eólicos que nunca".
- ^ Asociación Empresarial Eólica - Spanish Wind Energy Association
- ^ Récord de energía eólica por el vendaval
- ^ Layout 1