On the Iberian Peninsula, wind energy is rapidly growing, with the prospect of reaching more than 20% of the country’s electricity production by 2020. Enel Green Power Spain’s contribution, with over 1,800 MW in operational plants, has identified 29 plants to build the 540 MW of installed capacity reached in the latest wind tender from the Spanish government.
Almost 20 MW of new installed capacity in 2017. (click here) The prospect of going from the current 23 GW to 28 GW in 2020. And a series of records that have led wind energy to become the country’s second largest electricity source in terms of production.
Wind energy in Spain is a success story. We can see this in the numbers – in 2000, 2 GW were installed on the peninsula – and in the growth prospects of an increasingly competitive sector in which Enel Green Power is playing a key role.
According to the association that brings together Spanish companies in the wind industry (Asociación Empresarial Eólica - AEE), by 2030, wind energy will produce more than 30% of the country’s electricity, with an installed capacity of 40 GW....
