Editing Spain (section)

=== Energy ===
{{Main|Energy in Spain}}
[[File:PS20andPS10.jpg|thumb|The [[Solucar Complex]], with the [[PS10 Solar Power Plant]] in the foreground and the [[PS20 solar power plant|PS20]] in the background]]

In 2010 Spain became the [[solar power in Spain|solar power]] world leader when it overtook the United States with a massive power station plant called [[Alvarado I|La Florida]], near [[Badajoz|Alvarado, Badajoz]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128532115|title=Spain Is World's Leader in Solar Energy|newspaper=NPR.org|publisher=NPR|date=15 July 2010|access-date=4 September 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919210041/http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128532115|archive-date=19 September 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.europeanfutureenergyforum.com/renewable-energy-news/spain-becomes-solar-power-world-leader|title=Spain becomes solar power world leader|publisher=Europeanfutureenergyforum.com|date=14 July 2010|access-date=4 September 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124024231/http://europeanfutureenergyforum.com/renewable-energy-news/spain-becomes-solar-power-world-leader|archive-date=24 November 2010 }}</ref> Spain is also Europe's main producer of wind energy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://phys.org/news/2018-05-spain-bilbao-european-power-sector.html|title=Spain's Bilbao fights to lead European wind power sector|first=Alvaro|last=Villalobos|date=6 May 2018|access-date=6 July 2018|work=[[Phys.org]]|language=es|archive-date=24 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224013552/https://phys.org/news/2018-05-spain-bilbao-european-power-sector.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.es/20180506/spains-bilbao-fights-to-lead-european-wind-power-sector|title=Spain's Bilbao fights to lead European wind power sector|author=AFP|author-link=Agence France-Presse|date=6 May 2018|access-date=6 July 2018|work=[[The Local]]|language=es|archive-date=6 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706161819/https://www.thelocal.es/20180506/spains-bilbao-fights-to-lead-european-wind-power-sector|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010 its wind turbines generated 16.4% of all electrical energy produced in Spain.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eolicenergynews.org/?p=4082|title=Spain becomes the first European wind energy producer after overcoming Germany for the first time|publisher=Eolic Energy News|date=31 December 2010|access-date=30 April 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110427085056/http://www.eolicenergynews.org/?p=4082|archive-date=27 April 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aeeolica.org/en|title=Asociación Empresarial Eólica – Spanish Wind Energy Association – Energía Eólica|publisher=Aeeolica|access-date=28 September 2018|archive-date=20 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020220021/https://aeeolica.org/en/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Graber2005">{{cite news|last=Méndez|first=Rafael|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/eolica/supera/primera/vez/mitad/produccion/electrica/elpepusoc/20091109elpepisoc_2/Tes|title=La eólica supera por primera vez la mitad de la producción eléctrica|language=es|date=9 November 2009|work=El País|publisher=Ediciones El País|access-date=8 August 2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513064239/http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/eolica/supera/primera/vez/mitad/produccion/electrica/elpepusoc/20091109elpepisoc_2/Tes|archive-date=13 May 2011 }}</ref> On 9 November 2010, wind energy reached a historic peak covering 53% of mainland electricity demand<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.renovablesmadeinspain.es/noticia/pagid/205/titulo/La%20e%C3%B3lica%20en%20Espa%C3%B1a%20bate%20de%20nuevo%20su%20marca%20de%20potencia%20instant%C3%A1nea/len/en/|title=Wind power in Spain breaks new instantaneous power record|publisher=renovablesmadeinspain.es|date=9 November 2010|access-date=5 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214141437/http://www.renovablesmadeinspain.es/noticia/pagid/205/titulo/La%20e%C3%B3lica%20en%20Espa%C3%B1a%20bate%20de%20nuevo%20su%20marca%20de%20potencia%20instant%C3%A1nea/len/en/|archive-date=14 December 2011}}</ref> and generating an amount of energy that is equivalent to that of 14 [[nuclear reactor]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/sociedad/reactores/nucleares/movidos/viento/elpepusoc/20101109elpepusoc_4/Tes|title=14 reactores nucleares movidos por el viento|work=El País|date=9 November 2010|access-date=5 June 2011|archive-date=12 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230912033952/https://elpais.com/sociedad/2010/11/09/actualidad/1289257204_850215.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Other renewable energies used in Spain are [[hydroelectric power plant|hydroelectric]], [[gasification of biomass|biomass]] and [[marine energy|marine]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://revista.consumer.es/web/es/20050501/medioambiente/69696.php|title=La Fuerza del Mar|publisher=revista.consumer.es|access-date=5 June 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826034707/http://revista.consumer.es/web/es/20050501/medioambiente/69696.php|archive-date=26 August 2011}}</ref>

Non-renewable energy sources used in Spain are [[nuclear power plant|nuclear]] (8 operative reactors), [[natural gas power plant|gas]], [[coal power plant|coal]], and [[oil power plant|oil]]. Fossil fuels together generated 58% of Spain's electricity in 2009, just below the OECD mean of 61%. Nuclear power generated another 19%, and wind and hydro about 12% each.<ref name="SverigeE">Energy in Sweden, Facts and figures, The Swedish Energy Agency, (in Swedish: Energiläget i siffror), Table for figure 49. Source: IEA/OECD [http://webbshop.cm.se/System/TemplateView.aspx?p=Energimyndigheten&view=default&cat=/Broschyrer&id=e0a2619a83294099a16519a0b5edd26f]. {{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>