Cadiz province is leading the way in wind power

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Cadiz province is leading the way in wind power

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The province of Cadiz maintains its place at the top of the Andalucia league for wind generation power parks. It has 61 of the 121 in the region and produces 1.195.10 megawatts of electricity compared with 2,777.48 megawatts overall.

In percentage terms Cadiz accounts for 42% of the power generated in Andalucia followed by Almeria with 17 per cent. Cadiz has has 61 wind parks Almeria has just 17.

There are five new wind generation parks being constructed in Andalucia and one of them is being located at Chiclana which will produce 23.21 megawatts of power.

The overall output in Andalucia can power almost four million homes and avoids the emission in to the atmosphere of over 2.2million tonnes of CO2 – which is the equivalent of taking 1.2 million vehicles off the road.
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