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At peak, Spain gets 53% of its energy from wind

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Re: At peak, Spain gets 53% of its energy from wind

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The title of this post was edited after I posted, it was something like "Spain gets 53% of its energy from wind" first.

As the author of the article I can categorically refute this. The title of this article was never edited. And WordPress has obligingly saved all of the post revisions so I can quite easily prove this, if necessary.

He means the title on HN.

Re: At peak, Spain gets 53% of its energy from wind

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This, while impressive, is not a routine occurrence. It was due to abnormally high winds. Consider the following quotes from the Guardian article: "High winds over the weekend supplied 53% of Spain's electricity" "Experts estimate that by the end of the year, Spain will have provided a quarter of its energy needs with renewables, with wind leading the way ..." http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/09/spain-n…

The linked article is a bit ambiguous, but remember that electricity is a subset of a country's total energy needs.
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