Spain installed just 175MW of new wind capacity last year,down from 1.1GW in 2012 and a similar figure in 2011.

It was the lowest additionin at least 14 years and nudged up the country’s cumulative installed windcapacity to 24.99GW – still one Europe’s highest totals, reveals the data from national wind industry body the AEE.

But in a disastrous scenario for the industry, companies gave upon plans to install a further 928MW at wind parks that had already beenapproved by the government, fearing theprospect of losses and legal insecurity.

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