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 Editorials | Environmental | February 2008 
Mexico Sets 25 Percent Renewable Goal
 United Press International
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| | Energy generation capacity in the nation may be increased by taking advantage of wind resources in Mexico. | | |
Mexico City - Within four years, Mexico wants to produce 25 percent of its electricity from renewable sources, the country's energy secretary said.
"The goal is that in 2012 renewable energy sources will account for more than a quarter of total capacity," said Georgina Kessel.
One of the Mexican government's priorities is to promote renewable energy as a means of ensuring the country's energy security, Spanish news agency EFE reported.
An important part of that strategy will be the construction of wind farms in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec where installed capacity is expected to exceed 2,500 megawatts in 2012, Kessel said.
Energy generation capacity in the nation may be increased by taking advantage of wind resources in other regions of Mexico, and Kessel added that she and her colleagues will be looking to successful countries like Denmark for guidance when implementing their wind farm plans.
Mexico is rich in oil, Kessel said, but many of the reserves are located 4.3 miles and deeper below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, where it is much more difficult and expensive to extract, and she added that the refinery capacity would need to be expanded as well to accommodate the added reserves.
"We need to bring this knowledge to our technicians and researchers. Only in this way will be able to adapt the technology in the shortest time frame possible in order to produce oil and gas in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico," Kessel said. |
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