Editing Economy of Spain (section)

===Energy===
{{Further|Energy in Spain|Electricity sector in Spain}}
[[File:PS20andPS10.jpg|thumb|right|[[PS10 solar power plant]] and [[PS20 solar power plant]] in [[Seville]]]]
Spanish electricity usage in 2010 constituted 88% of the EU15 average (EU15: 7,409 kWh/person), and 73% of the OECD average (8,991 kWh/person).<ref name=SverigeE>Energy in Sweden, Facts and figures, The Swedish Energy Agency, (in Swedish: Energiläget i siffror), Table: Specific electricity production per inhabitant with breakdown by power source (kWh/person), Source: IEA/OECD [http://213.115.22.116/System/TemplateView.aspx?p=Energimyndigheten&view=default&cat=/Broschyrer&id=aa825b53805543738d1ebae971260518 2006 T23]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704181757/http://213.115.22.116/System/TemplateView.aspx?p=Energimyndigheten&view=default&cat=%2FBroschyrer&id=aa825b53805543738d1ebae971260518 |date=4 July 2011 }}, [http://213.115.22.116/System/TemplateView.aspx?p=Energimyndigheten&view=default&cat=/Broschyrer&id=3395614e57494e6cb7b30974c5aa3c3e 2007 T25]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704181816/http://213.115.22.116/System/TemplateView.aspx?p=Energimyndigheten&view=default&cat=%2FBroschyrer&id=3395614e57494e6cb7b30974c5aa3c3e |date=4 July 2011 }}, [http://213.115.22.116/System/TemplateView.aspx?p=Energimyndigheten&view=default&cat=%2fBroschyrer&id=4304af910a0842b39b7a9a0a7f96161c 2008 T26]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704181832/http://213.115.22.116/System/TemplateView.aspx?p=Energimyndigheten&view=default&cat=%2FBroschyrer&id=4304af910a0842b39b7a9a0a7f96161c |date=4 July 2011 }}, [http://213.115.22.116/System/TemplateView.aspx?p=Energimyndigheten&view=default&cat=/Broschyrer&id=d65d018c86434ed2ae31baeba2456872 2009 T25]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120075104/http://213.115.22.116/System/TemplateView.aspx?p=Energimyndigheten&view=default&cat=%2FBroschyrer&id=d65d018c86434ed2ae31baeba2456872 |date=20 January 2011 }} and [http://webbshop.cm.se/System/TemplateView.aspx?p=Energimyndigheten&view=default&cat=/Broschyrer&id=e0a2619a83294099a16519a0b5edd26f 2010 T49]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016045634/http://webbshop.cm.se/System/TemplateView.aspx?p=Energimyndigheten&view=default&cat=%2FBroschyrer&id=e0a2619a83294099a16519a0b5edd26f |date=16 October 2013 }}.</ref>

In 2023, Spain consumed 244,686 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity, a 2.3% decline from 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lombardi |first=Pietro |date=2024-01-04 |title=Spain's electricity demand drops for second year in a row |url=https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/spains-electricity-demand-drops-second-year-row-2024-01-04/}}</ref>

Spain is one of the world leaders in [[renewable energies]], both as a producer of renewable energy itself and as an exporter of such technology. In 2013 it became the first country ever in the world to have [[wind power]] as its main source of energy.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://elpais.com/elpais/2014/01/15/inenglish/1389798670_862500.html| title = Spain breezes into record books as wind power becomes main source of energy {{!}} Spain {{!}} EL PAÍS English Edition| date = 15 January 2014}}</ref>