Wind farm in Oaxaca completed for Cemex

Billed as Latin America’s biggest wind farm, a 250-megawatt wind facility in Mexico’s Oaxaca state is now complete. A US$550-million joint venture of the Spanish firm Acciona Energía and the Mexican cement giant Cemex, the farm will generate renewable power equivalent to 25% of the electricity consumption of Cemex’s Mexican plants. Mexican law prohibits private companies from connecting to the grid to sell power straight to consumers, so a growing number of companies are engaging in so-called self-generation—producing power for their own use. The wind farm is the most impressive of the smattering of such projects around the country. Acciona says its 167-turbine farm is the largest in Latin America. An additional 50 megawatts slated for next year... [Log in to read more]

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