Spain, renewable energy… and the hottest February in history
There are several things one could say about February from a Spanish perspective: it was unusually sunny and warm; pretty windy; and spring seemed to have come early. In fact, it was the hottest Febuary ever recorded in history. All of them symptoms of a climate emergency that, despite the scientific evidence, many people still try to politicize or deny.
One thing we can say for sure, because it is an objective and verifiable fact, it is that in February, Spain generated 9.4TWh of solar and wind energy, the third highest renewable electricity production month in its history. For many days in February, the cost of electricity production in Spain was close to zero, and renewables contributed to more than half of the generation mix.
Spain consistently ranks in the daily graphs of European wind and solar production, making a very important contribution to reducing fossil fuel imports that, in addition to much higher generating costs, also produce pollution and greenhouse gases. We are definitely not the country that invests the most in the transition to…
