Last year wind power was the main source of electricity generation in Spain, the country’s wind association AEE has revealed.
The closing figures for 2021 found that wind technology has registered more than 23% of the total production in the country, the largest in the national generation mix.
Furthermore, wind power is also the technology in the Spanish energy system with the highest installed power with 28,073MW in place.
Overall, renewables achieved its best record, producing in 2021 more than 46% of all electricity in Spain, almost 10% more than last year.
In addition, on December 8, wind energy surpassed 20,000MW of instantaneous generation for the first time in history.
Furthermore, on December 29 at 3:03 a.m, wind power covered 83.6% of the peninsular demand.
The autonomous communities with the highest installed wind power in Spain are Castilla y León, Aragón and Castilla La Mancha, AEE said.
Spain is the second European country for installed wind power after Germany, and the fifth country in the world after China, the United States, Germany and India.
AEE added that the wind sector is key to meeting the objectives of the PNIEC and reaching 42% of energy consumption from renewables by 2030 and a fundamental pillar for the Energy Transition.
In Spain, with more than 1,260 wind farms and 250 industrial centres in Spain, the industry employs more than 27,600 professionals, contributing to the Spanish GDP €3,106.4m, which is equivalent to 0.30% (data from the Macroeconomic Study of the Wind Sector of AEE 2020).