Renewable Energy
Sector

Out of the 17 Spanish autonomous regions (Comunidades Autónomas), Castilla-La Mancha is the first both regarding installed capacity (20% of Spain) and generation (also 20%).

CSP (Concentrated Solar Power) generation in Spain is extremely concentrated in just 3 regions in the Southern half of the country that provide 95% of the installed capacity. Castilla-La Mancha is the third region in Spain, with 15.2% of the installed capacity and 14.3% of the generation.

Castilla-La Mancha is one of the leading regions for the wind power industry in Spain. 16.5% of the installed capacity and 16.1% of the generation make it the second of the 17 Spanish regions (Comunidades Autónomas) in both accounts.

Wind power is extremely important in Spain: in 2017, 18% of all electricity generated in Spain came from wind, the highest figure of all major European countries, only surpassed by small countries like Denmark or Portugal. Wind power is the second most important energy source for electricity in Spain.

Bioeconomy is part of the primary sector, and it is related to renewable biological resources as part of a new economic scheme.

Castile – La Mancha has plenty of natural resources.

The project ‘Castile – La Mancha Bio-Economy Region’ (CLAMBER Project) provides a basis to turn the region into the role-model for the south of Europe in terms of biomass utilization, especially taking into account that the region is a great producer of this element.

The presence of research centres in the region such as IRIAF, ISFOC or CNH2, shows how Castile – La Mancha is committed to renewal energy and bioeconomy.