The Spanish island will completely switch to alternative energy sources by the end of the year.

The largest wind turbine in Spain, 154 meters in height, 62.5 m - the length of the blades. Located on about. Gran Canaria.

Energy independence is the dream of many regions. Most of all in this regard, lucky regions where there is, where to draw energy. This could be the heat of the earth (Iceland and Japan, for example), the sun (deserts, semi-deserts, tropics), wind and waves / tides.

The Spanish island of El Gierro (the smallest island in the group of the Canary Islands) is simply lucky in this regard; there is the sun, the wind, and the waves with tides. True, they are not going to use solar and geothermal energy (for the time being), but they will use wind and tidal energy. It is planned to reach the island’s 100% energy independence by the end of this year.
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It is by the end of the year that it is planned to bring the newly built wind-tidal power station to its full capacity, and this power station will be able to supply all the households of the island with energy (there are 11 thousand inhabitants in total).

The station uses two types of turbines - wind turbines, and tidal turbines. The power of the entire plant is 11.5 MW, and the peak energy consumption by residents and enterprises of the island is only 8 MW.

The station itself and the corresponding infrastructure “dragged out” to 80 million euros, which investors (this state and private business) are going to return in 20 years.

In Spain, alternative energy sources are used very actively, especially wind. Here is the ranking of energy sources in Spain:

• Wind power stations - 20.9%
• Nuclear power plants - 20.8%
• Thermal Power Plants (on coal) - 14.6%
• Hydroelectric power stations - 14.4%
• Steam-gas power plants - 9.6%
• Solar energy - 3.1%

Via phys