The Spanish Wind Energy Association (AEE) has shared that 2013 proved to be a historic year for the wind energy industry. Wind emerged as the primary source of electricity in Spain for the whole of last year. In fact, as the association stated, Spain is the first country in the world where wind is ranked as the technology that contributes most to the power demand coverage for an entire year.

According to the 2013 advance report of the system operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE), the power demand coverage using wind was 20.9%, compared with 20.8% coming from nuclear.
Wind power production during 2013 has been 54,478 GWh, representing a 13.2% increase over 2012.