Still proudly wearing his Spain scarf after attending last night's Euro 2008 final in Vienna, president Zapatero is in Copenhagen today interested to learn more about Denmark's sea-based wind turbine farms, something as yet untried off the Spanish coast.

There are a number of reasons why this should be so, including tourism, maritime traffic, off-shore fishing activity and the fact that the continental shelf drops very sharply just a short distance from the Spanish mainland.

Last year, for the first time ever, renewable power generation accounted for a higher percentage (19.8%) of Spain's total energy requirements than nuclear power plants (17.7%).

In 2006, Spain reduced its CO2 emissions by 1.7%, but is farther than any other European country from achieving its Kyoto Protocol commitments, according to latest European Environment Agency statistics.