Mexico’s Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a narrow waist of land separating the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, is one of the windiest places on earth. Slowly, the slim, spiked turbines that are the hallmark of wind energy are rising over the region’s farmlands. Developing wind energy along the isthmus is at the core of the Mexican government’s attempt to ramp up clean energy. The government’s target is to boost the generating capacity from renewable power, including hydroelectricity, to 35% from the current 24.5% by 2024, rising to 50% by 2050. With that goal in mind, President Felipe Calderón last month visited the small town of Santo Domingo Ingenio, in the state of Oaxaca, to inaugurate three new wind farms touted as the largest wind-energy project in... [Log in to read more]