In 2010, the company built 39 wind parks in eight countries, for a total capacity of 1,780 megawatts.
Iberdrola Renovables put into service more renewable capacity than any other company in the world. During the past year, it built 39 wind facilities in different countries, for a combined capacity of 1,780 megawatts. 60% of this energy was built in the United States, where the company commissioned 18 new wind parks during the past year, with a total capacity of 1,043 megawatts.
Further, Iberdrola Renovables built another 420 megawatts in Spain, an additional 130 megawatts in the United Kingdom, and 187 in other European countries and Latin America. In Spain, the company’s installed capacity now reaches 5,696 megawatts. It has 342 megawatts of small-scale hydroelectric capacity, 50 megawatts at the solar thermal plant in Puertollano (Ciudad Real) and two megawatts at its first forestry biomass plant located in the municipality of Guadalajara.
Iberdrola Renovables’ electricity production was the highest ever in 2010. It produced 25,405 million kilowatt hours (kWh) at its facilities, which represents an increase of 18.2% over 2009.
Of this total electricity production, 24,519 million kilowatt hours represent wind energy; 823 million kilowatt hours are from small-scale hydroelectric, and 63 million from other renewable energy sources such as biomass and thermal solar.
42.1% of wind energy (10,688 million kilowatt hours) was generated in Spain, while the US produced 32% or 10,211 million kilowatt hours. More than 1,438 million was generated in the United Kingdom and 2,181 million in the rest of the world.