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VENEZUELA: The coast will be used to build wind farms.

Venezuela has great potential to produce wind power, thanks to the nearly 4,000 km of shoreline that limit the terrestrial north boundary of the South American country, which are enough for the construction of wind farms, generating then, one of the cleanest kinds of existing energy.

There is a current project in this country that plans to build four wind farms located at: the peninsula of Guajira, in Pueblo Nuevo, Los Tanques, Araya and Nueva España by 2013, that will join to the one that will be finished soon in the peninsula of Paraguaná.

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ARGENTINA: An investment for wind energy laboratory at Antarctica Argentina will be made.

The wind energy laboratory planned for Antarctica will have an investment of almost 3 million dollars and will allow an important energy saving, since the intention is to “feed” the Esperanza Base (where the turbines will be installed) at the beginning, and to extend to the rest of the bases in the future.

However, Comodoro will bring experience and infrastructure for the construction through a group, which also will present the project of the installation of a wind base in the Antarctica Argentina, looking forward to produce clean energy in that sector of the planet, which obviously will bring great economic and labor benefits.

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URUGUAY: The bidding for the installation of wind farms will be started.

On the past June 6th, was announced that the Industry and Energy Ministry of Uruguay will call for tenders for the installation of wind farms in the first half of 2009.

It is important to mention that this country counts with approximately the same wind than hydraulic potential; therefore, it will have the power of 1.000 MW. But before the bidding, the “wind map” must be completed, which is planned to be finished during the beginning of 2009, said the national director of energy.

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According to the Spanish company Energías Renovables del Biezo (ERBI), El Salvador has enough potential to develop a wind farm. This is the reason why the company plans to install the wind farm in this region by 2010.

This farm will be constructed with 30 towers that will generate up to 2.1 MW each, with a total of 63 MW, and that would bring benefits for around 45 thousand people in this Central American country.

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On the past May 31st, the agreement signed by the mayor of Puerto San Julian, the president and the manager of the Development Agency of this city, became official. This agreement looks forward to support the cooperation of public and private institutions in their cities.

The agreement was established in strategy of the Sustainable Development Plan that San Julian carries, and its aim is to foster the cooperation among cities, coordinating and integrating initiatives for the improvement of wind power and its related activities. Meanwhile, a Technical Assistance Plan about the wind energy improvement will be elaborated in Santa Cruz, as part of its Wind Energy Plan.

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On the past June 10th, a project for the installation of a wind farm was announced. It would be located in the city of Trelew in Argentina. This was held under the framework of the plan which aims to promote Chubut as an energy pole. That plan would be carried out by the company Enarsa, who awards the project “Winds of the Patagonia”.

Although this project has already been working long ago, it is desirable to evaluate it in order to conclude whether that program is feasible or not in short-terms.

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BRASIL: EDP Renovables bought a Brazilian company

The Portuguese company Energías de Portugal Renovables announced on the past June 12, the total purchase of the Brazilian company “Central Nacional de Energía Eólica (Cenaeel)”.

This is part of EDP Renovables’ plan as a strategic expansion program, in which its arrival to America is very important. The main objective, besides expanding, is to open new sustainable wind projects in Latin America and to start a new energetic alternative.

However, it is necessary to mention that EDP Renovables is already developing 216 MW in the Latin American sector.

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Honduras: They will buy Wind Energy due to an Emergency.

During the past days, it was reported that the president of Honduras authorized the National Electricity Company (ENEE) to hire the supply of 100 MW of wind power, directly and without a previous open tender. For that, they required the government to declare this emergency, and it was approved in order to cover the generating electricity demand.

At the same time, the president determined to hire up to 75 MW of power from the interconnected system, however, no details were given.

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CHILE: For prevention, they will expand wind farm.

On the past June 10th, the company Edelaysen informed that it is planned to expand the wind farm that is located in Alto Baguales, with the aim to prevent the electricity demand, and for not presenting critic situations, referring that “it is about processes that must be generated with some sort of anticipation to avoid unnecessary haste” said the South Zonal Manager of the company.

Also, it is spared that this expansion will be working by the next year, and meanwhile they are considering installing a couple of wind turbines that would generate a total of 1.700 KW additional to the 2MW that the current turbines produce. This stage of the wind central would be running in the sector Alto Baguales, which requires an investment of around 4 million dollars for its development.

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MEMBERS’ PRESS RELEASE

NRG Systems: Transmission issues and federal policy pose greatest barriers to U.S. wind energy development say conference attendees

Hinesburg, VT—Transmission issues and federal policy are the greatest barriers to the development of wind energy in the United States, according to a poll conducted by NRG Systems, Inc., a leading wind measurement equipment manufacturer, at the American Wind Energy Association’s WINDPOWER 2008 Conference and Exhibition held in Houston last week. More than 400 conference attendees participated in the poll.

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LAWEA HIGHLIGHTS

LAWEA will participate as a speaker in the Biofuels and Renewable Energies Seminar.

LAWEA will give an oral presentation in the Biofuels and Renewable Energies Seminar that will be held during the next days: June 18 and 19, in the “Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana”, in Medellin, Colombia.

The topic of the conference will be: “Wind Energy in Latin America”. With this, LAWEA continues doing its labor of education and dissemination of the opportunities and perspectives of wind energy development in the Latin American sector.

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