HIGH WIND FOR SPAIN

Proving what CAN be done, something the US used to be good at.

Spain Agency Says Wind Energy Generators Reach All-Time High in Electricity Production
March 20, 2007 (AP via Yahoo Finance)

WHO
Spain's wind energy generators.

WHAT
Spain's wind energy generators this week reached an all-time high in electricity production, exceeding power generated by all other means.

WHEN
17.40 (1640 GMT), Monday, March 19. Over the course of last year wind power contributed nine percent of the nation's requirement while coal-fired power stations put in 24 percent and nuclear power 22 percent.

WHERE
Spain has in recent years turned to harnessing wind power through the use of tall, slender electricity generating turbines on remote hillsides.

WHY
Wind power contributed 8,375 mega watts to the nation's power consumption of 31,033. Nuclear power, the second largest contributor, added 6,797 mega watts, while coal-fired electric generation came third with 5,081.

QUOTES
National broadcaster TVE said it believed this may have been the first time wind power exceeded nuclear power's contribution to the power grid.