The Spanish government and the wind industry are committed to strengthening production and electrification

The Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Wind Business Association (AEE) have signed the ‘Spanish Wind Charter’, a joint statement, in which they commit to strengthening the sector’s production capacity and promoting electrification.

This declaration was signed in the context of WindEurope 2024, which will be held from Wednesday to Friday at the BEC in Barakaldo and is the most important event for the European wind sector.

The Spanish Wind Energy Charter, signed by the Third Vice President and Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, and the President of the Wind Business Association (AEE), Juan Diego Díaz, arrives after Spain, together with 25 other Member States and the European wind sector, signed it “European Wind Charter”.

The minister Teresa Ribera He emphasized that the Spanish Charter is “better” than the European one and congratulated himself on the fact that “today a crucial step is being taken”. According to him, the signing of this Charter expresses the commitment of governments to support the “continuous” improvement of the sector and the sector itself “imposes obligations on itself”.

For its part, the chairman of the AEEstressed that this Charter “marks a milestone and a before and after” for the Spanish industry and stressed that the Charter very clearly establishes the position that the wind industry must take, “guaranteing strategic autonomy within Spain and pointing out that wind energy is one of the key technologies”.