Oh wow. I was just lurking here, and I see my own blog mentioned!
I hate to be an exasperating pedant, but I am, and I must annoy you:
"Spain only gets about 9% of energy from renewables on average,"
It's actually 9% of electricity from wind power, which is a very different statistic. As other commenters point out here, actually ~25% of Spanish electricity is renewable [1]; most of the difference is hydropower, which is also renewable. And then the proportion of energy is different yet, since most energy consumption is in forms that are not electric: i.e. natural gas heating, petrol fuel. See example energy flowcharts here [2].
I hate to be an exasperating pedant, but I am, and I must annoy you:
"Spain only gets about 9% of energy from renewables on average,"
It's actually 9% of electricity from wind power, which is a very different statistic. As other commenters point out here, actually ~25% of Spanish electricity is renewable [1]; most of the difference is hydropower, which is also renewable. And then the proportion of energy is different yet, since most energy consumption is in forms that are not electric: i.e. natural gas heating, petrol fuel. See example energy flowcharts here [2].
[1] (PDF file) http://www.ree.es/ingles/sistema_electrico/pdf/infosis/sinte...
[2] https://publicaffairs.llnl.gov/news/energy/energy.html