Ten financial entities, mostly linked to global or regional public institutions -some of them specifically oriented to supporting sustainable projects in developing countries- signed financing agreements for ACCIONA’s Eurus windpark in Mexico. The credit deals signed by the different entities total 375 million dollars (314 million euros at the current exchange rate), making it the [...]
Iberdrola Ingenieria, a subsidiary of Spanish electric utility Iberdrola, has been awarded a $99m contract to construct a 228MW wind farm at Piedra Larga in Oaxaca state, Mexico.
Gamesa and Developer Cannon Power have agreed to a 10-year exclusivity agreement, stipulating that Gamesa will supply all of the wind turbines installed at sites developed by Cannon in the Mexico’s Baja California. Also Gamesa will provide additional support and maintenance services, and limited development services.
Chalk up another point for Walmart in the big box sustainability battle. This time around, the retail giant has decided to power 348 of its Mexican self-service stores, pricing clubs, and restaurants with wind–a move that the company claims will save 137,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases annually, or the equivalent of taking 21,000 cars [...]
ACCIONA Energy has been selected for the construction and operation of three wind parks in Oaxaca state (Mexico). The 450 million euro (more than US$600) deal is for three parks totaling 306 MW. Construction work will get under way in 2010 and the parks – which will feature ACCIONA technology 1.5 MW wind turbines – [...]
The wind farm will be developed in the so-called Sierra de Juarez. It was assigned a surface of 294.273 hectares,. Which in its first phase will be only used 250. In total they will install up to a thousand wind turbines that could reach a power of between 1,000 and 1,200 MW. The investment required [...]
Iberdrola Engineering and Construction – winner of the international tender convened by the Federal Commission of electricity, has positioned itself as the largest builder for wind farms in Mexico, after completion of the works in wind farms La Ventosa and La Venta II plus the current construction. The commercial operation of the Park is planned [...]
The new wind parks will be able to satisfy 4% of the country’s electrical demand. The two projects will add a total of 318 MW and will be located in the State of Oaxaca. I.A.D.B. indicated that the projects are part of Mexico’s strategy to diversify their energy portfolio and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. [...]
After a dramatic negotiation marathon through the final night of the COP15 well into Saturday afternoon, the meeting resulted in a decision which ‘notes’ rather than ‘adopts’ the Copenhagen Accord. This is an agreement which had been thrashed out between the leaders of China, India, Brazil, South Africa and the United States on the evening [...]
Clipper Windpower, announced that the first Clipper Liberty wind turbines to be installed internationally have been backed by an $80.66 million project financing loan by the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank). The transaction also marks Ex-Im Bank’s first project financing for wind power. The project owner is Electrica del Valle de Mexico, [...]
Enel Green Power, now in full control of Endesa’s assets, has reached an agreement with the Mexican subsidiary of the Spanish company Energías Renovables, Térmica e Hidráulica. This agreement will grant Enel exclusive access to several wind projects developed by Enerthy, and could acquire those already approved for development.
ACCIONA Energy has completed the assembly of the Eurus windpark in Mexico, a 250.5 MW facility that represents an investment of 550 million dollars (€ 367 million). The windpark is the biggest in Latin America and the biggest ever built by ACCIONA in the world.
Vestas has received an order for 51 units of the V80-2.0 MW wind turbine for the Oaxaca I project to be located in the municipality of Santo Domingo de Ingenio, Juchitan de Zaragoza, Oaxaca, Mexico. The order includes supply, installation and commissioning of the 51 wind turbines as well as a ten-year service contract. The [...]
The state governor said during the inauguration of the Global Renewable Energy Forum. The project was born in 2008 and would begin to operate from 2011. They seek the wind project have the capacity to generate 10 percent of the electricity needed in that Mexican state, which already has an inventory of greenhouse gasses.
The implementation of a sustainable energy model that guarantees the global supply of energy and slows down climate change needs a World Transition Plan that would define emission reduction objectives, the capacity required for clean energies and the availability of financing and technology for all the countries of the world. This was the main argument [...]
The Spanish energy company Galicia S. A. (ENGASA) and its subsidiary Genere, along with the collaboration of the Universidad Veracruzana (UV), will develop the wind atlas of Veracruz.
In recent days an agreement was signed between representatives of ejidos Ixil, Sisal and Dzemul and the company Sowitec of Mexico Renewable Energy. The next step is to start with the measurements. If winds were confirmed and sufficient, such investments would begin in Yucatan.
The wind energy plant that will supply power to public entities, will begin its construction on November and it is projected to be finish in one year. This Wind farm, will supply clean and economical energy to hospitals, government buildings and public lighting and will require an investment of U $ S 328 million and [...]
Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica has entered into an agreement with the company Turbo Power Baja Energy for the supply of a total of five Gamesa G87-2.0 MW wind turbines, amounting to the installation of a power output of 10 MW. These wind turbines will be destined to the Rumorosa wind farm located in the State of [...]
Mexico has enormous wind power potential, especially in the isthmus Tehuantepec in southern state Oaxaca, but social concerns must be taken into consideration when the alternative energy is developed, experts said Tuesday at a public event. Deborah Ley, a Mexican-born academic who has worked as a consultant for the Inter-American Development Bank, pointed out that [...]
Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), the state-run power company, said on Tuesday it had signed contracts for the construction of two wind farms worth $393.6 million.
Following an international public tender, Iberdrola Renovables has won a construction contract for a 103 MW wind farm in Mexico. The company has also won a 20-year contract to supply energy to the Mexican Electricity Commission (CFE). The La Venta III facility will be Iberdrola’s second Mexican wind farm. Read more
The president of the Mexican Republic, Felipe Calderón, inaugurated today the first stage of the Eurus wind park in Oaxaca. With a capacity of 250 MW, the facility will produce enough electricity to supply a city of 500,000. 37 MW have already been installed in the park and the facility will be in operation in [...]
Clipper Windpower Plc today announced that it has signed a long-term agreement with Eléctrica del Valle de Mexico, a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles (“EDF EN”) for the supply of Liberty 2.5 MW wind turbines for EDF EN wind energy [...]
Gamesa Corporación Tecnológica’s Board of Directors has today approved a historic agreement GAMESA has reached with Iberdrola Renovables, involving the largest ever purchase and sale agreement of wind turbine generators in the history of the wind energy sector amounting to [...]
