| Haga clic aqui para el boletín en español | |
| LATIN AMERICAN WIND NEWS | 22 May, 2008 |
NEWS
NEW LATIN AMERICAN INITIATIVES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIND ENERGY
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ARGENTINE WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION, THE LATIN AMERICAN WIND ENERGY ASSOCIATION, AND NOWA – LATIN AMERICAN RENEWABLE ENERGY CONSULTANT
Buenos Aires, May 16th 2008. Looking forward to accomplish a better international integration and cooperation regarding wind energy in Latin America, the AAEE, LAWEA and Nowa have signed on May 8th, an agreement to promote the provision of mutual services within their capacities.
Read More (only in spanish)...
ARGENTINE: Wind mills were inaugurated in Argentine
In joint work, on last May 9th, in the region of Entre Rios, the Minister of the Argentine Government, the Secretary of Energy and Holder of the Energy Company of Entre Rios (Enarsa), Raul Arroyo, presided over the opening ceremony of one of the wind mills that will provide energy in rural schools.
That ceremony, which took place at school No. 20, located in the district of the department Nogoyá Montoya, in the South American country, meant putting this service into operation in 13 other school units
PORTUGAL – BRAZIL: Renewable Energies of Portugal (EDP) will invest about 25% of their capital in the Iberian Peninsula, Brazil and the United States.
The Portuguese electricity company indicated on last May 6th, at a press conference through its chairman, Antonio Mexía, the starting of an international expansion. It aims to invest in three geographical axes of the company, which they defined as:
- The Iberian Peninsula,
- Brazil and
- United States, where his company recently acquired Horizon Wind Energy.
Across platforms with which EDP Renewable counts in those three countries, he said, a collision will be held in the neighboring markets, which listed among Canada (from USA), Latin-America (Brazil) and Poland, Greece or the United Kingdom, from the Spanish headquarters of the firm.
In Panama, renewable energy projects have strong power; this under the rules of the Electricity Market of this Latin American country.
The Operation Rules indicated that the National Dispatch Centre will make calculations of the long-term firm power of each hydroelectric and wind central, with the models and methodologies that make the same rules.
On the past May 9th, under the framework of the First International Congress on Bio-fuels, the Rural Electrification Program for Indigenous Communities with Renewable Energies was signed with a purpose of providing electricity to indigenous communities throughout Mexico. This event took place in the city of Guadalajara, Jalisco in Mexico.
This program benefited the 30 entities that form the Mexican federation and highlighting the state of Veracruz as it will allow providing power to 50 thousand households, which is equivalent to the benefit of over 250 thousand inhabitants.
The National Electricity Company (ENE) has no confidence that small generators will satisfy the short and medium terms demand for electricity in the Honduran region; that is why Elsia Paz, who is the chairwoman of the Honduran Small Producers of Renewable Energies Association (AHPPER) and an entrepreneur of renewable projects, commented the obstacles that they are currently experiencing, their challenges, and the reason of the possible disappearance of the Energy Body.
The AHPPER is a private initiative that tries to diversify sources of electricity generation, but after several years of trying to operate 480 megawatts, they are now on the verge of disappearing, and without the hope of selling their products to the National Electricity Company (ENE). The vision of AHPPER is to be able of recreating, in renewable energy and energetic efficiency, the way forward to ensure clean, safe and economically efficient energy in the country.
MEXICO: Wind Energy: the cleanest and most profitable option.
The renewable energies have gained importance in recent decades because of the negative impact of fossil fuels. Science and technology have played as a tool for social progress, and technological development presents as opposed to social benefit, with an accelerated destruction of natural resources and its progressive depletion.
VENEZUELA: Energies of Portugal (EDP), interested on investing in Venezuela.
On last May 14th, Energies of Portugal (EDP) showed interest on investing in Venezuela concerning the production of wind power and gas extraction, following bilateral agreements that were raised on the previous day between the Portuguese Utility and Venezuelan country.
The condition of Venezuela, especially in the area of the exploitation of gas, makes it an attractive market for European business. This was reported during the visit of the manager of the Portuguese energy to the initiating act of exploration Block Boyacá 5 of the Orinoco Oil Belt, a project of the Venezuelan state.
|
|
LAWEA HIGHLIGHTS
LAWEA will participate as exhibitor and speaker at WINDPOWER 2008
On June 1 – 4 will be held at Houston, USA, WINDPOWER 2008, it is one of the biggest and most important Wind Power Conference & Exhibition.
LAWEA will participate as exhibitor in the stand 3040 and as speaker at this event, looking to present the opportunities and the Latin American Wind Power market updates.
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 the exhibition of your company, this time Houston, Texas. If you want to send us some material, please contact us to info@lawea.org
LAWEA participated 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 was part of the conferences and participated in this important Wind show in Venezuela. This was also an official presentation act of LAWEA in this country.
This event took place on May 19 & 20 in Caracas, Venezuela.
Advertising Opportunities through our newsletter are now available!
Looking for the support of the development of companies in the wind power and renewable energy field 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
On May 30th is the deadline for discount prices to WIND EXPO LAWEA 2008
Discount Prices for the exhibition and the conferences of WIND EXPO LAWEA 2008 are available. Take advantage of them now!
More info www.windexpo.org/ing
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
| WIND-EXPO LAWEA 2008 |
| WIND EXPO LAWEA 2008 is the first International Wind and Renewable Energy Conference and Exposition placed in Mexico and the biggest of its type in Latin America. November 5-7; Expo Guadalajara; Guadalajara, Mexico |
| E-mail: info@lawea.org |
| Website:http://www.windexpo.org |
| FIRST INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION OF WIND POWER 2008 |
May 19 – 20, 2008; Caracas, Venezuela. |
| Website: http://www.indene.usb.ve/eolica |
| WINDPOWER 2008 |
Conference & Exhibition, June 1st – 4th, 2008. Houston, TX |
| Website:http://www.windpowerexpo.org |
| LAWEA will be actively participating in this show. Booth 3040. |
JOB OFFERS
It is already available for our members the "job offers section" for Wind opportunities in Latin America
OPINION
Send us your opinions and comments to:info@lawea.org
If you want to keep informed of the Latin American Wind Power news or want to publish your activities and projects, subscribe now to LAWEAwww.lawea.org
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
Asunción 1854-15 Phone: +52 (33) 3817-8300 E-Mail:info@lawea.org |
You are opting to receive email updates from LAWEA. You can unsubscribe from this service at any time.
Click here, if you don’t want to receive more information about LAWEA