Peak wind rising in Spain

Windpower Monthly Magazine, 01 May 2009, 12:00am

Spanish wind power has hit another all-time production record with as much as 11.2 GW of the country's nearly 17 GW of wind power feeding power to the grid at the same time during the morning of March 5, reports system operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE). At the time, demand was running at 37.9 GW, with wind supplying 29.5% of electricity required. Earlier that day when demand was about 24 GW, wind penetration hovered...