Spain has produced enough renewable energy to power its entire country for a 9-hour work day
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Setting a new record, Spain's mainland was powered with just sun, wind, and water energy between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. last Tuesday.
For nine hours on Tuesday, Spain was able to power itself entirely with renewable energy.
Wind, solar, and water energy powered mainland Spain from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. one day last week.
The record shows the expanding use of renewable energy.
The shift to green energy not only helps address the climate crisis by reducing emissions, it is also profitable and reduces costs.
El Pais reported that in Spain, the addition of solar panels has had a dual effect: it adds energy into the gird system while reducing the demand for other sources of energy when the sun is out.
In the United States, the push toward green energy continues to pick up momentum.
While these advances in green energy — like in Spain — do not eliminate the need for oil and gas, they are a way to reduce it and help ease carbon emissions.
"What is relevant is that this is not something cyclical, but on the way to being structural, both because of the fall in demand and, above all, because of the increase in photovoltaic generation," Natalia Fabra, a professor of economics at the Carlos III University in Madrid, told El Pais.
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