Renewable energy in Spain
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Spain as a whole 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.
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. Castilla y León and Galicia are especially near this goal, producing in 2006 70% of their total electricity demand from renewable energy sources.
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 Castilla-La Mancha[1].
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 [2].
| Renewable Electricity in Spain (GWh, 2006 data)[1] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Autonomous Community | Hydroelectric power | Wind power | Solar power | Biomass power | Solid waste power | Total Renewable Generation | Total Electricity Demand | % Renewable of Total Electricity Demand |
| Castilla y 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% |
| Navarra | 379 | 2248 | 28 | 269 | 0 | 2924 | 5401 | 54.1% |
| Extremadura | 2244 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2245 | 5076 | 44.2% |
| Castilla-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% |
| Cataluña | 3223 | 301 | 7 | 77 | 241 | 3849 | 48498 | 7.9% |
| Andalucía | 946 | 1042 | 5 | 728 | 0 | 2721 | 40737 | 6.7% |
| País Vasco | 336 | 339 | 3 | 55 | 326 | 1059 | 20934 | 5.1% |
| Comunidad Valenciana | 1041 | 266 | 13 | 55 | 0 | 1375 | 27668 | 5.0% |
| Canarias | 0 | 288 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 288 | 9372 | 3.1% |
| Baleares | 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% |
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