NEWS

MEXICO: Supermarkets in Mexico will be supplied by wind power.

The wind energy farm that Wal-Mart develops in the state of Oaxaca will be able to operate in 2009. The objective of the project is to supply energy to all business units in the chain retailer in the Federal District and municipalities of the State of Mexico.

The wind farm will generate annually 292 GW/h, with which Wal-Mart expects a cut of 34% of the chain and savings close to 2.5 million dollars a year.

The investment that Wal-Mart made for the wind farm in Oaxaca was $ 140 million and will help avoiding the emission of more than 150 thousand tons of carbon dioxide, as well as generate jobs in the entity.

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BRAZIL: Energías do Brasil will be partnering of Renewables unit of EDP.

The power company Energias do Brasil will be a partner of the Portuguese EDP -Renováveis, the fourth largest wind power generator in the world, on projects in South America.

The company does not intend to re-apply alone for a possible auction of the Energy Company of Sao Paulo and will not participate in the bidding for the hydroelectric Jirau, scheduled for May.

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NICARAGUA: Telectro will develop a Wind Power plant.

Telectro bought from Real Logic Inc., 20 wind turbines of 2.5 Megawatts (MW) of new technology and three generators powered by hydrogen of 20 MW, a total capacity of 110 MW.

"This project in Guatemala, which cost ascends approximately $ 100 million, represents a unique opportunity to establish a solid and successful business relationship in Latin America"

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Starting on May, Aeroluz, the first wind turbine manufacturer plant in Mexico, will begin its operations. Its technology will allow offering them at price 30% lower than market abroad.

The blades that Aeroluz will produce have one and a half meter, and are placed on towers from 9 to 24 meters high, that according to the wind speed can produce 1 kilowatt.

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The initiative for resolving the Provincial Institute for Renewable Energies, aims to study, research, promotion, development and implementation of projects for the production and marketing of energy.

Although, "unfortunately so far the agency is not working, it was thought desirable to expose this initiative and also seek support from other Members so this institute is established in Pico Truncado, that counts with a Hydrogen Pilot Plant, the Wind Farm, and the Provincial Institute of Higher Education (IPES), who already had his first batch of technicians".

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The Gibara Wind Farm has already saved the country 300 tons of fuel since its integration into the national electrical grid at the end of February this year.

The generation of Gibara is stable and the construction of Gibara II is progressing satisfactorily.

The new site will have a generating capacity of 4.5 MW/hr and will have six Goldwind machines of Chinese technology, supported by towers of 50 meters high.

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ECUADOR: The first wind farm in Ecuador is open.

In San Cristobal, Galapagos province, the first wind energy farm in the country was opened.

This new energy complex had an approximate cost of $10 million and will generate 2.5 MW of energy, thereby reducing by almost 50 percent fuel consumption.

This complex of clean energy has three wind turbines with 80 meters high.

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CHILE: Bachelet enacted a law that encourages the use of renewable energy in Chile.

The Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet passed a law that encourages investment in Non-Conventional Renewable Energies (NCRE) and their use in electric power generation.

The law establishes the obligation of the electric companies to use at least 10 per cent of renewable energy.

The Government seeks to promote those kinds of technologies that use renewable sources of energy and produce low environmental impact.

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LAWEA HIGHLIGHTS

It is an honor for LAWEA to present the first board of directors of our association. An excellent group of people are committed to LAWEA and all of its members to work positively forward to the development of wind energy in Latin America.

LAWEA and all of its members would like to thank their new board by the decision to accept the challenge of empower our partnership and launch strategies that allow us to carry out our mission.

If you want to check our first board, please visit:
http://www.lawea.org/ing/acerca.php?secc=dir

Deadline for abstracts submission for WIND EXPO LAWEA 2008 is almost close!

The next April 11th, is the deadline for abstracts submission for WIND EXPO LAWEA 2008. Despite being our first event, the response has been positive and now we can ensure an excellent content in the conferences that we will have in November.

We are still receiving abstracts for its inclusion in the presentations of the event. Please contact us at info@lawea.org if you want to participate in our conferences.

More information: http://www.windexpo.org/ing/conferencias_trabajos.html

LAWEA conducted a press conference in Guadalajara to present WIND LAWEA EXPO 2008

On April 16, from 11:00 am, LAWEA conducted at the facilities of EXPO GUADALAJARA a press conference to introduce our event WIND LAWEA EXPO 2008 and at the same time inform the local media of the need to promote wind energy throughout Latin America.

If you are interested in being invited to this press conference, please contact gszeiffova@lawea.org

LAWEA will be and exhibitor at Expo Ahorro Energía 2008

On April 24 – 26, in CINTERMEX, Monterrey, NL, México, LAWEA will be an exhibitor at Expo Ahorro de Energía 2008. www.expoahorroenergia.com

As a special service for our members, LAWEA offers the opportunity to freely distribute printed information in our stand. This is a great opportunity to increase awareness of your company, this time in Monterrey, Mexico.

LAWEA also managed to obtain special rates to its members at this event.

LAWEA will participate in the Wind Power Industrial Exhibition, in Caracas, Venezuela.

As part of the Industrial Exhibition on Wind Energy organized by the Centre for Renewable Energy Studies, Institute of Energy, Simon Bolivar University; LAWEA will be part of the conferences where will present his newly selected board of directors. His will be too an official presentation act of LAWEA in Venezuela.

This event will take place on May 19 & 20 in Caracas, Venezuela.

If you wish to attend, sponsor or learn more on this event please contact: info@lawea.org

Advertising Opportunities through our newsletter are now available!

With reason to continue supporting the development of companies engaged in wind energy and renewable energy in Latin America, we have introduced advertising opportunities in our LAWEA’s newsletter.

It is now possible to distribute the name, logo and link to the website of your company to all the contacts of the association. More information at:

http://www.lawea.org/documentos/advertising_opportunities.pdf

If you’re interested on any advertising opportunity that LAWEA offers, please contact us to: info@lawea.org

LAWEA’S PROJECTS

We seek for a more appropriate regulatory framework for the development of Wind Energy in Latin America.

LAWEA is convinced of the need for a regulatory framework much friendlier with renewable energy than the current over Latin America. For this, we are calling our network of international cooperation and all our contacts to join together for the accomplishment of this mission.

As a first step in the quest for better regulation on renewable energy in Latin America, we must learn from past experiences and foreign models in order to build a series of recommendations that will lead us to make amendments to the current legislation and that lead to effective and rapid development of wind energy in the region.

If you want to join the panel of experts to make recommendations, share knowledge or simply know more about this draft of LAWEA, please contact to info@lawea.org

EVENTS

JOB OFFERS

It is already available for our members the "job offers section" for Wind opportunities in Latin America

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