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		<title>La energía eólica marina levanta un vendaval de protestas</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:44:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>30 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Incluso la energía más limpia acarrea polémica. Esta vez ha estallado en Cádiz y ha encontrado eco en Galicia y Tarragona a cuenta de los 31 parques eólicos marinos proyectados para 2012 en alta mar. Generarán 2.800 megavatios (MW) de energía renovable, una potencia que iguala a la de tres centrales nucleares.

Pero ningún pueblo quiere ver las siluetas de esos gigantes desde su litoral. Se temen además impactos importantes sobre las playas, las aves y la pesca. Los atuneros tienen .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Not everybody loves offshore wind power in Spain</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:54:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Aug 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The construction of  31 offshore wind farms, to be ready by the year 2012, is not being totally accepted by Spaniards. 
People from Cadiz, Galicia and Tarragona, Spain, are not very comfortable with the project. The objection: offshore wind farms may spoil the view. 
Certainly big wind turbines make the landscape uglier, not only in the mountains but also in the sea, at least if they are not well planned. 
That is precisely the issue, the Spanish Government is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Detienen a una implicada en la &#39;trama eólica&#39; de Canarias por amenazas al fiscal [Woman implicated in Canaries &#34;wind plot&#34; detained for threatening prosecutor]</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA.- Mónica Quintana, empleada del Cabildo de Gran Canaria e imputada, como su novio, el ex director general de Industria del Gobierno canario Celso Perdomo, en la llamada &#8216;trama eólica&#8217;, ha sido detenido por la policía por supuestas amenazas al fiscal anticorrupción Luis del Río.
Mónica Perdomo por amenazas a fiscal anticorrupción de Caso Eólico La novia de Celso Perdomo La detención se produjo sobre las ocho de la mañana en la capital grancanaria y desde entonces, .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Chaves dice que no se construirá un parque eólico marino en Trafalgar sin consenso [Chaves won&#39;t build offshore wind turbines without consensus]</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chaves ha manifestado que es cierto que Industria ha reservado esa zona como posible para la explotación de la energía eólica pero ha puntualizado que desde la Junta se ha alegado en contra con el propósito de &#8220;blindar la zona&#8221;.
El presidente de la Junta de Andalucía, Manuel Chaves, ha mantenido hoy el compromiso de que &#8220;no habrá parques eólicos marinos en la zona de Trafalgar mientras que no haya un consenso institucional y cívico&#8221;.
[Andalucía Council President Manuel Chaves has maintained .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>La Fundación Germán Estévez pide límites para las eólicas [Germán Estévez Foundation calls for limits on wind turbines]</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>01 Jul 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[La Fundación ecologista Germán Estévez ha reclamado a la Xunta que establezca un marco legal para la instalación de los nuevos parques eólicos y que se delimiten las zonas donde los aerogeneradores causen un menor daño ambiental.
En un comunicado, la asociación ecologista defiende que también los ayuntamientos participen para establecer un protocolo de actuación ante la instalación de 6.000 molinos y así &#8220;salvar los montes y las sierras gallegas&#8221;.
[In a communiqué, the environmental organization also argues that communities should participate .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>More wind power inland</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>26 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Ministry for the Environment of the Junta de Andalucia has given the green light for the construction of two wind power stations in Ardales.
The project consists of developing 30 wind power generators, 15 in Alamedilla (north of Sierra de Banos) and the other 15 in the area of Los Romerales (near the Cerro Redondo). The wind power stations in these two locations will generate a total of 30 megawatts of power each and will supply electricity to 2,000 homes. .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Renomar mantendrá en funcionamiento los 43 aerogeneradores pese a la orden de cierre [Renomar keep 43 wind turbines in operation despite closure order]</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[[The order demanded the stoppage on May 30 because of high mortality of vultures.]
Renomar mantendrá activos los parques eólicos de Arrielo (Vilafranca) y Folch II (Castellfort), con 43 aerogeneradores, pese a la orden de cierre de Medio Ambiente, &#8220;hasta que haya una resolución firme&#8221;. La empresa promotora de los aerogeneradores asegura que mañana recurrirá la resolución porque &#8220;no se ajusta a Derecho ni a la realidad&#8221;. La orden exigió el día 30 de mayo la paralización de estos dos parques .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Iberdrola and Gamesa in huge windfarm deal</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The renewable energy subsidiary of ScottishPower owner Iberdrola yesterday said it was buying a raft of global windfarm projects from Spanish turbine maker and developer Gamesa for 65m (£51m), including three potential sites in Scotland.
The move is part of an overall 6.3bn alliance and turbine supply deal between Iberdrola Renovables and Gamesa, billed as the largest deal in the history of wind power.
Bilbao-based Iberdrola, which last year acquired ScottishPower for £11.6bn, said it will buy the Gamesa turbines to generate .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Comment: wind farms will blight Spain&#39;s nature tourism hotspot</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Jun 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of Spain’s last untouched landscapes, the Sierra de Gata in north-western Extremadura, may shortly be inundated with up to 91 wind farms.
Ecologists are increasingly concerned about the impact these &#8220;parques eólicos&#8221; may have on the varied wildlife of the region – and, not least, on its pristine landscapes. Currently, Extremadura is popular with nature tourists, particularly walkers and birdwatchers from all over Europe.
For centuries this region was so off the beaten track that many people in the Spanish cities .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Government bans wind farms in the waters of the Strait</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 13:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Central Government has extended an off-shore exclusion area in the Strait of Gibraltar.
Central Government, acting on a request from the regional Junta de Andalucía, has ordered that there will be no new wind farms off the coast of Zahara or Barbate. A previous exclusion zone there has now been extended, prohibiting the windmills along the entire Strait of Gibraltar, from Algeciras to Trafalgar.
The Government published a study on off-shore wind farms last December, which indicated areas where auctions could take .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Controversy as projected windmill project comes a step nearer</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 10:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>03 May 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Proposals for Spain’s first offshore wind farm have blown one step nearer.
A trio of industry giants &#8212; Acciona, Iberdrola and Capital Energy &#8212; have now unveiled their plans to harness the wind off the Costa de la Luz.
One of the projects &#8212; by Acciona &#8212; would involve putting 278 turbines in the sea 14 km off Trafalgar, generating a total of 1000 MW.
The windmills would include fish farms at the base.
The proposals have been the subject of bitter debate in .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain wind power expansion faces technical hurdles</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:37:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spain&#8217;s ambitious plans to expand wind power as part of its renewable energy drive will bring environmental and economic benefits but faces technical problems, an industry expert said on Thursday.
Spain&#8217;s wind parks currently have an installed capacity of some 15,000 megawatts and the government wants to see 20,000 MW in place by 2010 and 30,000 MW by 2030.
Spain&#8217;s wind power manufacturers say they can expand capacity to 40,000 MW by 2020.
But national grid operator REE currently limits wind parks to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Corruption in the awarding of wind farm concessions on the Canary Islands</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Apr 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[News has been breaking regarding corruption on the Canary Islands linked to the generation of wind power. Recordings made of conversations between the ex General Director for Industry of the Canary Regional Government. Celso Perdomo, and several businessmen have now come to light, following the first indications of corruption dating back to 2004 and 2005.
Now the prosecutor is calling for a six year prison sentence for Perdomo.
El País reports that the corruption was revealed by the sacked General Director of .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Iberdrola Renovables applies to develop 6 wind projects off Spain&#39;s coast</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Iberdrola Renovables SA said it has applied for authorization from the Spanish government to develop six wind power projects along the Spanish coast, each with an installed capacity of 50 megawatts.
In a statement, Iberdrola Renovables said the wind farms will be located off the coast of the Spanish regions of Cadiz, Castellon and Huelva.
If cleared, the installations will be running by 2011-2015, and so are not included in the group&#8217;s strategic plan for 2008-10, Renovables said.
The capacity from the projects .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain wind power hits record, cut ordered</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 11:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Mar 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spanish wind turbines provided record levels of power on Tuesday and the national grid said it had to order a cut in output to avoid becoming vulnerable to a sudden drop should the wind have stopped blowing.
The national grid, REE, said it would ideally compensate for abrupt falls in the unpredictable supply from wind parks by importing energy from France, but current power lines did not have sufficient capacity to do this.
REE said that at 1453 GMT on Tuesday, wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Endesa plants had unscheduled stoppages</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:14:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>22 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spanish utility Endesa said two of its power plants underwent unscheduled halts for technical reasons on Tuesday, but denied these were responsible for sharp jumps in prompt electricity prices.
An Endesa spokesman said one generating unit at the combined cycle 800 megwatt Besos plant and one of four units at the 1,200 MW coal-fired Compostilla plant were down for several hours for technical reasons.
&#8220;There were no major problems and we believe price rises were due to the lack of hydropower after .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Morella llevará a los tribunales la &#34;falta&#34; de ayudas del Consell por los parques eólicos</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2008 12:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>18 Feb 2008</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[[Morella raises in court the shortfall in payments from Consell for wind energy parks. The capital of Els Ports seeks support of the region's councils for taking action together. ... In the case of Morella, the decision to resort to the courts is more an economic question than environmental, in that, as the mayor has testified, in the signed deal with the energy firms before approval of the Valencia Wind Energy Plan it spoke of "some 6,000 euros per installed .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain chooses wind power for energy efficiency</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 12:19:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>28 Nov 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spain&#8217;s air may be cleaner but its landscape and coastline will change dramatically over the next 13 years if a draft of the socialist government&#8217;s drastic new energy plan is adopted.
Many beauty spots and costa views will be blighted under a plan whereby Spain will displace natural gas with wind turbines as the main source of energy by the year 2020.
Don Quixote may have more windmills to tilt at but ecological groups such as Greenpeace have already expressed their preference .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2007/11/28/spain-chooses-wind-power-for-energy-efficiency/</link>
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		<title>La Diputación pretende paralizar los proyectos de energía eólica previstos para el territorio [Council hopes to stop wind energy projects planned for region]</title>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Oct 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pedirá a Lakua que revise el plan territorial y critica que se baraje Arkamo o Cruz de Alda
El diputado de Medio Ambiente insiste en que los molinos deben respetar las zonas de interés ambiental y paisajístico
[Lakua asked to review territorial plan, critical to fight for Arkamo and Cruz de Alda
[Deputy environment minister insists that windmills must respect areas of environmental and landscape interest]
Vitoria. El Plan Territorial Sectorial (PTS) de la Energía Eólica, que rige las instalación de los aerogeneradores en .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Public Prosecutor investigates 480,000-euro fraud in Castell wind project</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[[Translation from Spanish (below, complete) by National Wind Watch]
The Alicante Public Prosecutor has ordered the Natural Protection Service of the Civil Guard in Seprano to investigate the construction of a road in the Sierra de Alfaro, on the municipal border of Castell de Castells, according to a spokesman of the Wind Studies Coordinator of Comtat, who confirmed that Seprona has already initiated the investigation on the ground.
The Wind Studies Coordinator of Comtat complained that the road was paid for with .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Gamesa near to finalising new wind energy project in Scotland &#8212; industry sources</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>12 Sep 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologia SA is close to finalising a deal within the wind energy sector in Scotland, local Scottish industry sources close to the deal said.
They were unable to provide further details for the time being.
A Gamesa spokesperson could not confirm the news, but noted that the company currently has 20 wind farm projects in the UK.
The Basque engineering group is involved in both the construction and promotion of wind farms as well as the manufacturing and supply of wind .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Malaga to have 15 new wind farms by the middle of 2008</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:05:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Aug 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Work has already started on laying the infrastructure for the 15 new wind farms that are to be set up in the province’s Guadalteba district. The wind generators will be located in Campillos, Sierra de Yeguas, Almargen, Teba, Cañete la Real, Cuevas del Becerro and Ardales and the work currently under way involves laying the underground cables that will eventually carry the 496 megawatts of energy produced to 50,000 homes.
Carlos Rojo, the manager of Andalusian Association of Wind Energy Promoters .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain approves installation of offshore wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The government of Spain on Friday approved legislation that will allow offshore wind parks to be set up along the nation&#8217;s vast coastline in an effort to boost the use of renewable energy sources.
&#8220;This law will allow the installation for the first time of electricity generators in the ocean,&#8221; the economy ministry said in a statement.
Spain, a leading producer of land-based wind energy, has some 4,000 kilometres (2,500 miles) of coastline which draw millions of sunseekers each year, helping to .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The wind in Spain</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>13 Jul 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Endesa has begun a €86.9m project to build two wind farms in the town of Valle de Sedano in the province of Burgos, Spain.
The Las Pardas and Cantiruelas wind farms, which have a capacity of 49.5MW and 15MW respectively, will be built through Endesa Cogeneracion y Renovables and Prorener.
The farms will be built next to the Otero 20/132kV substation in Burgos, which is also part of the project.
The combined power plant will be able to generate 64.5MW of power, which .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Energy companies make wind power a top investment</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:27:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>05 Jun 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[From Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to E.ON, the world&#8217;s largest companies are investing in wind power, the best-performing energy in the past year.
Led by Vestas Wind Systems and Iberdrola of Spain, utilities and governments in the United States, China and Europe will spend as much as &#36;150 billion on wind projects in the next five years, according to CLSA Research. Lawmakers are providing financial incentives because windmills are non-polluting and cost less than solar projects.
&#8220;Wind has the biggest potential to meet .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>The new view from the beach: wind turbines</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 10:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>24 Apr 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The view from the beach could be radically different soon with wind turbines replacing uninterrupted coastline before long.
The government is proposing to introduce a law to allow wind turbines to be built offshore, the Spanish daily El Pais reported on Tuesday.
They would stretch around 4,000 kilometres of Spain&#8217;s coastline.
The plan would bring Spain the same amount of energy as 25 nuclear power stations by 2020.
Felix Avia, from the head of research at the National Renewable Energy Centre, said: &#8220;Wind farms .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain to promote re-powering of wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>20 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Spanish government plans to promote the re-powering of Spain&#8217;s oldest wind farms, Industry Minister Joan Clos said.
Speaking at a conference organised by Cinco Dias, Clos said the government&#8217;s target for 20,000 megawatts of installed renewables capacity up to 2010 will be boosted by an additional 2,000 MW for re-powering.
&#8216;We will keep these 2,000 MW up our sleeve to promote re-powering,&#8217; he said.
AFX News Limited
forbes.com
20 March 2007
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		<title>Acciona threatens to withdraw wind generating investment in Spain</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 11:10:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>15 Mar 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Acciona SA has threatened to withdraw its investment in Spain&#8217;s wind parks if the government continues with its plans to withdraw support for the industry, Expansion reported, citing general director Estaban Morras.
The constructor said it intends to invest some 7.4 bln eur in renewable energy projects to 2009, though Morras said that the money will be sent overseas if proposed regulation changes to both existing and new projects goes ahead.
Acciona originally planned to keep some 50 pct of the investment .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish wind power industry attacks new rules</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>27 Feb 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spain&#8217;s wind power industry said on Monday new government regulations would knock its growth on the head, while the industry minister accused the sector of defending oversized profits.
Spain has almost 12,000 megawatts (MW) of wind generation and the government wants to reach 20,000 MW by 2010 as part of its renewable energy plan.
Boosting renewable generation is key to Spain&#8217;s efforts to curb its greenhouse gas emissions, which have swollen by 50 percent since 1990, the base year for the Kyoto .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>More wind turbines for Arinaga</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Feb 2007 17:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>23 Feb 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Plans are being put forward for a new experimental wind farm at the port of Arinaga. It&#8217;s to be run by the publicly-owned company, Megaturbinas de Arinaga S.A.
This is a controversial move, as the whole issue of wind-power contracts has been the subject of criminal investigations in Gran Canaria over the past year or so, and the precise role and purpose of Megaturbinas has been much-debated.
Nonetheless, the plans being put forward are ambitious. The proposed windmills may well end up .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Construction starts on Galician wind plants</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Feb 2007</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Enel Union Fenosa Renovables (Eufer) has started construction of two wind plants in Galicia, north-western Spain as part of a strategic wind power project for the area.
The plants of Casa and Coto de Codesas, located in the provinces of Lugo and La Coruna, respectively, will be operational by the end of the year and will have an installed capacity of 77MW. 
The Casa wind farm, with a total installed capacity of 29.9MW, will be composed of 13 Siemens wind turbines .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain proposes to slash wind subsidies</title>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spain plans to cut subsidies for wind power generation, while increasing support for other renewables.
Under the proposals, wind generators would see their feed-in tariffs reduced from about â‚¬97 (&#36;129) per megawatt hour to between â‚¬67 and â‚¬87/MWh. However, the government proposes boosting the level of support for other technologies, such as solar.
&#8220;Wind power subsidies were exaggeratedly high,&#8221; said Spanish energy minister, Ignasi Nieto, &#8220;especially since the technology has developed in the last year and costs have fallen.&#8221;
The Spanish government is .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain govt to cut investment for wind energy investments by over 50 pct &#8212; report</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Spain&#8217;s Industry Ministry plans to cut the premium on investment in wind energy installations by over 50 pct, Bolsacinco reported, citing unnamed sector sources.
According to the website, Energy Secretary General Ignasi Nieto has now submitted the definitive regulations on the wind energy investment, proposing a premium of 17.4 eur per Mwh during the first five years of investment in a wind farm, which will then fall to 10 eur during the following 10 years.
For the remainder of the investment period .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain govt guarantees average 7 pct return on investment for wind farms</title>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Nov 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Industry Ministry said the new regulatory framework for the renewable energy sector guarantees an average 7 pct return on investment in wind energy and hydro-electric installations under the regulated tariff system.
In a statement, the ministry said the average return on investment will be 5-9 pct if the installations participate in the electricity generation market.
With regard to biomas, biogas and solar installations, average return on investment will be 8 pct under the regulated tariff and 7-11 pct in the electricity .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Offshore windfarms planned for the Canaries</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[ The Councillor for Industry, Trade and New Technologies on the Canary Islands, Marisa Tejador, has revealed that her department is looking at placing generating windmills off shore.
She said that more research was needed, but that there were possibilities off the coast of Fuerteventura in particular, but also off Lanzarote, El Hierro and Tenerife.
She also admitted that the islands had come late to the concept of alternative energy.
typicallyspanish.com
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		<title>Wind farm company refutes bird danger claims</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2006 11:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>10 Nov 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[The recent deaths of nine vultures in the Torremiro park near Morella is at the centre of a storm of controversy. Members of the &#8216;Eolicas-No&#8217; collective stated that the birds were &#8220;sliced to death&#8221; by the blades of the giant wind collectors that can reach speeds of up to 290km an hour.
However, a representative from the Renomar company that runs the installations, stated that the reason the birds died was that they had consumed the carcasses of other animals that .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Suspicions surrounding Tarifa wind farm case</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Residents in the Almarchal, Zahara de los Atunes and La Zarzuela areas, affected by the land expropriations to create space for another wind farm, were requested to attend a meeting in Tarifa Town Hall on Tuesday (17th) as a preliminary step in the process and another compulsory purchase order meeting has been scheduled for October 24th. Landowners in the areas are against the farm and are suspicious of the legality of the steps being taken by the Town Hall.
The Platform .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Accident: A failure in a wind turbine caused a forest fire in Muros</title>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Oct 2006 11:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>17 Oct 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[A failure in one of the wind turbines owned by the Iberdrola company in the Pedregal Mountains, Esteiro (Muros), resulted in a forest fire that razed a hectare of the mountain. When the flames started, the machine was functioning and the movement of its blades helped scatter sparks about the area, which brought the focus of the fire to an area replanted with pine trees.
Two brigades of the Department of the Environment, forest rangers, and a helicopter extinquished the fire .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Continental Divide</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>09 Oct 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[Don Quixote would have a fit if he could see what has become of his native Spain.
In recent years, Spain, as well as Germany and Denmark, have leapt to the forefront of renewable energy technology. In Spain, that means windmills. Lots of them. Some provinces of northern Spain now produce as much as 50% of their electricity supply by farming the wind.
With good reason. Spain this year will get 87% of its energy from oil, gas and coal&#8211;up 4.6% since .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain&#39;s Acciona Says Offshore Wind Plant on Course</title>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 03:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>29 Sep 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[panish construction and energy group Acciona hopes a mammoth wind energy project off southern Spain will clear bureaucratic and technical hurdles and be ready to launch in about three years, a senior executive said.
&#8220;The project is still alive,&#8221; Fermin Gembero, executive director of Acciona Energia, told Reuters in an interview on Thursday.
Acciona is planning to spend 2 billion euros (US&#36;2.5 billion) setting up giant windmills far offshore, but it first needs a guarantee it can sell the energy at an .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
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		<title>Eighty hectares of low scrub and pine burn in a fire between PÃ©trola and Corral Rubio</title>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<nww:date>14 Aug 2006</nww:date>
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					<description><![CDATA[THE VERDAD/ALBACETE
www.laverdad.es
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Mount AlbaceteÃ±o brought a new fright yesterday. An aerogenerator in the Anorias Wind Facility in PÃ©trola began to burn at four in the afternoon and started a forest fire in the area known as La Cuerda.   
As the Mayor of PÃ©trola, Juan GÃ³mez, described it to this newspaper, the strong winds made the fire spread quickly. &#8230;  
Around eight in the evening the fire was brought under control, although the reserve of firemen remained .&#160;.&#160;.]]></description>
				<link>http://www.wind-watch.org/news/2006/08/14/eighty-hectares-of-low-scrub-and-pine-burn-in-a-fire-between-petrola-and-corral-rubio/</link>
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