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Spanish Wind Farms Fulfill More Than HALF of Demand

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:50:24 +0000

Strong winds off the Iberian peninsula blew Spanish wind-energy production to new heights, achieving a record 53% demand-fulfillment last Sunday. This is about the same output as 11 nuclear power plants; take that critics, who said Spanish wind-farms could never get past 14%. Best of all, the ...

Cynthiab posted 9 days ago from globalshift.org

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How Countries Can Integrate Wind Power Smoothly Into Power Systems

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 06:52:27 +0000

ScienceDaily (Nov. 12, 2009) Some countries already get a substantial share of their electricity consumption from wind power: Denmark 20%, Spain and Portugal 11%, Ireland 9%, and Germany 7%. Power systems have to cope with variable electricity consumption. Variable wind power will increase ...

Peak Oil News found this 10 days ago on sciencedaily.com

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The Pursuit of New Ways to Boost Solar Development

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:22:00 +0000

The solar power boom in Germany, Spain, and other places has been fueled by government subsidies. But now some U.S. states — led, perhaps surprisingly, by New Jersey — are pioneering a different approach: issuing tradable credits that can be sold on the open market. So far, the results have been ...

Worldchanging: Bright Green found this 13 days ago on e360.yale.edu

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Torresol Energy

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:08:34 +0000

Torresol Energy receives the CSP Today award in the Thermosolar Innovation category. 18/11/09 ver más Spain: EIB provides EUR 80 million for GEMASOLAR’s innovative solar power project. 16/11/09 ver más Torresol Energy and SENER at the Fingerplus conference. 26/10/09 ver más

Ecofriend found this 6 days ago on torresolenergy.com

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Eco Tech: Spanish wind farms outperform 11 nuclear power stations with record output

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:50:24 +0000

Eco Factor: Wind Farms generate 53% of total electricity demand. Spanish wind farms with a theoretical maximum capacity of almost 18GW generated 11.5GW, providing about 53% of Spain’s total electricity needs. The output was a new record in a country that has the world’s third largest ...

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Spain's windfarms set new national record for electricity generation

Mon, 9 Nov 2009 21:00:00 +0000

High winds over the weekend supplied 53% of Spain's electricity – equivalent to the power output of 11 nuclear plants Wind energy provided more than half of Spain's total electricity needs for several hours over the weekend as the country set a new national record for wind-generated power. ...

Peak Energy found this 13 days ago on guardian.co.uk

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