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Windfarms break energy record in Spain. Spanish windfarms produced more electricity than any other source in the last three months.

Windfarms break energy record in Spain

Photograph: Marco Cristofori/zefa/Corbis Over the last three months wind farms produced more electricity than any other power source in Spain for the first time ever, an industry group has said. The country delivered over six terawatt hours of electricity from wind farms during January, according to data from grid operator Red Electrica de Espana, the Spanish Wind Energy Association said in a statement.

"Since November 1, wind has been the top technology in the electrical system," the group said in a blog posting. "The last time any technology exceeded six terawatt-hours of monthly generation was in 2010, when it was combined-cycle gas turbines. " Eole Water - Give us wind, we give you water. Wind Turbine Makes 1,000 Liters of Clean Water a Day in the Desert.

© Eole Water A cool new concept being tested in the Abu Dhabi desert uses a wind turbine to condense water from the air and pump it into storage tanks for filtration and purification.

Wind Turbine Makes 1,000 Liters of Clean Water a Day in the Desert

The technology was created by Eole Water after its founder, Marc Parent, was inspired by the water he could collect from his air conditioner unit while living in the Caribbean. He began thinking of ways that water could be condensed from air in areas without access to grid power and the wind turbine concept was born. The 30-kW wind turbine houses and powers the whole system.

Air is taken in through vents in the nose cone of the turbine and then heated by a generator to make steam.