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Thursday 22/3/2007 Page: 14
TAKING advantage of a particularly gusty period, Spain's wind energy generators this week reached a record high in electricity production, exceeding power generated by all other means. At 5.40pm on Tuesday, wind power generation rose to contribute 27 per cent of the country's total power requirement, said Spanish company Red Electrica.
At that moment wind power contributed 8375 megawatts to the nation's power consumption of 31,033. Nuclear power, the second largest contributor, added 6797 megawatts, while coal-fired electric generation was next with 5081. National broadcaster TVE said it believed this may have been the first time wind power exceeded nuclear power's contribution to the power grid.
Over the course of last year wind power contributed 9 per cent of the nation's requirements while coal-fired power stations put in 24 per cent and nuclear power was responsible for 22 per cent. Spain has in recent years turned to harnessing wind power through the use of tall, slender electricity generating turbines located on remote hillsides.
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