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Mexican wind energy boom plays out on gusty shores

Reuters --
Natural wind tunnel feeds electric grid

* 26-storey turbines blossom across region

By David Alire Garcia

LA VENTOSA, Mexico, May 14 (Reuters) - On an arid plain where sudden gusts of wind can rip roofs off buildings and knock over tractor trailers, Mexico is building a new engine for its energy future.

Surrounded by towering turbines in every direction, the town of La Ventosa - which means "the windy place" in Spanish - is at the heart of a wind power boom in the country.

Mexico, the world's 14th biggest economy, still punches well below its weight in terms of wind energy, ranking 24th on the planet in installed capacity last year, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC).

But the market is growing fast. By the end of this year, the national wind energy association expect

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Good to hear this is happening in Mexico.
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good for Mexico. Now we just need to make sure that it's not falling into the wrong hands...
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Thank you for posting.
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That's the way to do it, put the turbines where the wind is
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why not
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Hope they better job than we've done. They might have some graft, we have bureaucracy and a lot of graft(donations,gifts ect.)than they do.
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good for them
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try the gov. they can blow hard.
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Knowing the Mexicans, they will screw this up.
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Wind will work in one area better than in another for sure
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Not nice to be down wind no sirree!
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This is a valley parallel to the prevailing trade wind.
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Sounds good ...
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I'm sure we have some gusty shores somewere!
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good for them.
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OK!!
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Mexico is run by the drug lords
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I wonder if the border U.S. States will start importing this energy if it is cheap?
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Why will it not work in the US?
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Really! Is this Practical... Just a drop in the bucket!
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hope all goes well for them.
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How about hot air?
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Guess they need more power for their drug production.
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I love the idea of the wind farms, but never stopped to think how it might be changing the landscape for some people. Until one gets quite close, it is hard to realixe just how gigantic they really are. Twenty six stories is up there. We have them here in Utah and have gotten used to them, I think, and very proud to be using a natural resource.
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A gusty wind is the last thing you want for power generation. Moderate, steady winds are best. A variable wind plays havoc with balancing the grid and if it gets too strong the turbines must be shut down. Wind power is not worth much at best and this sounds worse than usual.


[Edited by: jrsva at 5/14/2012 11:48:16 PM EST]
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Cheap labour might make it work in that country.
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so instead of growing food they are having wind. great way to fill a child's stomach
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That's the way to do it, put the turbines where the wind is
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