"Spain is hedging its bets on renewable energy sources as a means to revive its recession-hit economy – with a proposal to more than double production from clean energy to over 20 per cent of total energy use by 2020. According to Reuters reports, the Spanish government is seeking cross-party consensus on its plans to turn a record 3.6 per cent decline in the economy in 2009 into 2.9 per cent growth in 2012, driven in large part by investment in more renewable energy capacity." (Quoted from article)