Wind power - cool breeze blowing into Mexico

Mexico is fortunate to own lands that often receive strong winds. Taking advantage of this natural advantage, this North American country is building a series of wind turbines that aim to create a green and sustainable energy source for the future.

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The temperature difference between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean in the southern state of Oaxaca created one of the largest winds in the planet when strong winds frequently passed through the ravines of the Sierra Madre Range. . According to the report of the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), Mexico - the 14th largest economy in the world, still has not fully exploited its great wind potential, when ranked 24th in the world. About the capacity of installing wind turbines last year. But this market is growing quite fast.

At the end of the year, the Mexican National Energy Association (AMEE) predicts the country will jump to position 20 on the list, which is dominated by wealthy countries in Europe, the US, China and India. . Mexico's Wind Energy Association said that in 2005, Mexico produced only 3 megawatts (MW) of wind power, but has so far increased by 400 times and is expected to reach 2 gigawatts (GW) by the end of this year. Although this output accounts for only a small portion of the total 240GW of global wind energy in 2011, but early next year, wind energy potential in Mexico can meet 4% of domestic energy demand. .

The explosion of wind energy comes mainly from giant wind farms set up along the Tehuantepec Strait, in the middle of the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. The town of La Ventosa, in Spanish, means 'windy land' , considered to be the center of the explosion of wind energy in Mexico when it owned 18 of 27 wind farms in the country. . Spanish energy group Acciona SA, which has just invested in building Latin America's largest wind park in Mexico, said its $ 600 million wind turbine project will be enough to power the 700,000 households in Mexico, when generating 306MW of electricity from 204 wind turbines. Leopoldo Rodriguez, Chairman of AMEE, predicts that total wind power production in Latin America will reach 4GW by 2015 and 12GW by 2020, enough to meet 15% of future electricity demand. Next year will mark the first time that Mexico has exported wind energy to the city of San Diego in the state of California from the giant wind field in Baja Bay.

At the same time, the Mexican government is also trying to encourage companies to use wind energy. Major Mexican companies such as Cemex - one of the world's largest suppliers of building materials, Grupo Bimbo, a bakery manufacturer, and Penoles and American retail chain Wal-Mart are companies that are committed to participating in the wind power program. The Federal Power Commission (CFC) has promised to give companies incentives for electricity prices if they are committed to using long-term wind power from Mexico's wind fields. Thereby, CFC can mobilize capital from abroad with an attractive exchange rate to improve the technology transfer process and promote the wind power boom. Some companies also take advantage of changes in the Mexican government's tax regulations to build their own wind farms, while others buy energy from existing factories of Spanish investors. Home

Rupesh Madlani, head of clean technology research at Barclays Capital, said investors could also make a lot of money from wind power projects in emerging wind markets like Mexico. According to him, the rate of return on wind energy investment in Mexico could reach more than 10% compared to 8% in Western European countries, and 10% in many developing countries.