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Percentages

this site is up to date to at least 2003 with it's graphs, and Spain clearly got over 50% of it's energy from conventional thermal plants then. It's kind of hard to believe it's changed that much in 3 years. Or is the data presented on this page for a windy day? No wait, that would make the article contradict itself. -Theanphibian ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:44, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

These are the numbers I get for the projected 2006 data:

Thermal: 60.37%
Hydro: 8.95%
Nuclear: 20.17%
All Others: 10.51%

From the EIA here. The numbers provided in the article link to a zip file that is 7 MB. I downloaded and didn't even find anything useful among pages and pages of Excel worksheets. -Theanphibian ^{(talk • contribs)} 08:56, 13 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Variability management

Because Spain has such a large percentage of wind power, we would like to learn how they deal with the variability, which is considered to be a major impediment to global implementation, integration into grid systems. And we would also like to learn how the issue may be addressed if their usage of wind power increases in the future. -69.87.203.158 14:30, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New production record

I have updated the reference about the record of production, since the previous figure was surpassed yesterday. Yesterday was also significant because, for the first time, wind power accounted for more than half of the total electricity produced. 213.4.112.58 (talk) 10:09, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have also modified the paragraph about the proposed wind park in Trafalgar, moving it out of the Navarre section (because it would not be built in Navarre, and the navarrese company that started the project has since been absorbed by another company) to the Opposition section, and including references about local opposition, which is more relevant than the British.213.4.112.58 (talk) 10:43, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Copypaste

Removals http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wind_power_in_Spain&diff=484094620&oldid=484093275 see Wikipedia:Copy-paste - please do not copy other peoples work from other sites and then "quote" it. It is still copyright violation.

The information can of course be re-written.

I should also not the the info on econtecnia from "Toke, D; et al. (2007). "Wind power development outcomes.." and "Stewart, Jules (2006). "Windmills of the Green Mind." seemed innacurate - couldn't find any mention of cuba - as per the companies own press releases etc. I removed that and added a new section.Oranjblud (talk) 23:47, 26 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Lead section

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wind_power_in_Spain&diff=494001447&oldid=493981305

There were a number of issues in the lead, including references failing to verify the statements they were attached to.
The claim Spain is the world's fourth biggest producer of wind power, after China, the United States and Germany was removed because it could not be referenced from the available references.

There is effectively no lead section in this article - the current lead is a collection of recent (wp:recentism) statistics. The article also lacks any historical overview of wnd power in spain. Lists of peak powers should not be major items in the lead. There should be a historical overview and the lead should summarise the whole contents.Oranjblud (talk) 15:13, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Out of date after 2012

Spanish governmental support is/has ending/ended causing structural changes in the wind industry

eg

http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1172771/alstom-wind-cuts-35-jobs-spain

http://2011annualreport.edprenovaveis.pt/creating-value/business-environment/wind-energy-regulations-by-country/ quote In January 2012 the newly appointed Spanish government announced a temporary suspension in the premium remuneration for renewable energy capacity. The suspension will not affect plants that are currently under operation or that have been included in the pre-assignation registry scheme. It’s expected that this decision will simply stop the building of new wind in 2013.

http://www.windpowermonthly.com/article/1191924/analysis---reform-pushes-spanish-renewables-edge SPAIN: Spain's wind sector looks set to collapse in the face ofthe government's austerity-driven electricity sector reform law imposed by decree on 14 July, according to EWEA

etc etc — Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.100.174.82 (talk) 15:11, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]