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> so we have to buy electricity from France Lie. Year Electricity - imports (million kWh) 2000 9000 2001 11945 2002 12166 2003 7588 2004 7588 20
by barredo 17y ago
> so we have to buy electricity from France
Lie.
Year Electricity - imports (million kWh)
2000 9000
2001 11945
2002 12166
2003 7588
2004 7588
2005 9800
2006 8700
2007 8300
2008 8773
2009 8773
Year Electricity - exports (million kWh)
2000 5600
2001 6230
2002 7832
2003 4138
2004 4138
2005 4400
2006 7500
2007 11400
2008 14520
2009 14520
Source: Cia Factbook.
More: http://twitpic.com/5zscj/full http://twitpic.com/5zscj/full
And more: http://twitpic.com/5zxm3/full http://twitpic.com/5zxm3/full
2nd chart show how much % of Portuguese electricity is imported from Spain
Source: Red Electrica Española (Spanish grid operator)
France exports electricity to other countries such as Belgium and such (70k kWh last year)
Last link shows consuption, production, imports and exports of electricty in Spain: http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?v=79&v=81&v=82&v=83&c=sp&l=en http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?v=79&v=81&v=82...
- samuel 17y agoThank you for your eye-widening comment. It's surprising how we swallow "well known facts" as this (everybody pretends to know that we import energy from french nuclears), without any research. The comment you answer wasn't mine, but it could have been. Thanks.
- narag 17y agoInteresting, I admit to have repeated what I've heard so many times without checking it.