Don Quijote, Capítulo VIII
Don Quixote, Chapter VIII
If Cervantes had written his book now theese would have been the windmills described by him.
windmills in Tebar (Province of Cuenca, La Mancha)
windmills in Tebar 2
windmill 3

In 2005 Spain was, after Germany, the 2nd world largest wind energy producer.
Sorry, I couldn't find any figures on 2007. Last March Red Electrica Española said wind power generation
rose to contribute 27 per cent of the country's total power requirement.

Furthermore the Spanish company Acciona is planning to build a new wind power plant
in Iowa (USA).
The Age.com
Technology Review
Wind power plant in Iowa

Am doing some research for an environmental website and spotted this a couple of months ago,
Not sure where I found the following article - therefore no link.

Spain's wind energy generation reaches new high,
exceeding all other forms (posted 20/Mar/07)

MADRID, Spain: Taking advantage of a particularly
gusty period, Spain's wind energy generators this
week reached an all-time high in electricity
production, exceeding power generated by all other
means, the nation's electricity network authority
said Tuesday in a statement.

At 17.40 (1640 GMT) on Monday wind power
generation rose to contribute 27 percent of the
country's total power requirement, Red Electrica
said.

At that moment wind power contributed 8,375 mega
watts to the nation's power consumption of 31,033.
Nuclear power, the second largest contributor,
added 6,797 mega watts, while coal-fired electric
generation came third with 5,081, the statement
said.

National broadcaster TVE said it believed this may
have been the first time wind power exceeded
nuclear power's contribution to the power grid.

Over the course of last year wind power
contributed nine percent of the nation's
requirement while coal-fired power stations put in
24 percent and nuclear power 22 percent.

Spain has in recent years turned to harnessing
wind power through the use of tall, slender
electricity generating turbines on remote
hillsides.

Among others, the aforementioned article can be found @ http://au.news.yahoo.com/070320/2/12tj4.html

Spain is very lucky in having lots of high laying empty land in which to place wind farms.

Below is a photo of the original windmills of Don Quijote, for your interest. Much prettier than the newer versions.

Couldn't agree more Jamongris!!!!!

MM - thanks for giving credits as per original post -

Wonderful, beautiful photo! I always love driving by those windmills.

GREAT photo. It's now on my DESKTOP to enjoy everyday.

Saludos, MadridMan

Jamongris
that certainly is a top drawer photo well done

Beautiful photo Jamongris.

Was it shot from a plane or helicopter?

Bill

Graham beautyful picture of Consuegra windmills (Province of Toledo).

I hope you'll like these links:

Consuegra on google maps

Open the link then press on "Proyección de diapositivas" and then press F11 for full scren slide show.

Molinos en Consuegra
Molino en Madridejos
Molinos in different places in La Mancha