UBV COP16 – Inauguration of the Wind Turbine at COP16 in Cancun

The President of the United Mexican States, Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, inaugurated yesterday the Cancun Electric Wind Turbine, in this city, which will host the XVI Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16), which began today, November 29.

The wind turbine will partially supply the energy needs of COP16, by providing renewable energy to the electricity grid of the City of Cancun. It has a maximum capacity of 1.5 megawatts (MW) of power and was financed by the Federal Government, through the Federal Electricity Commission and the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.

Thus, the Government of Mexico complies with its environmental sustainability strategy for COP16, which includes actions associated with the supply of clean energy to the City of Cancun and the neutralization of greenhouse gas emissions during the event.

With its implementation, the Government of Mexico reaffirms its commitment to address global warming. Efforts to harness wind energy are an integral part of the goals set out in the Federal Government's Special Climate Change Program. So far, several wind generation parks have been launched in Oaxaca and Baja California, so our country already has more than 500 MW of installed wind capacity.

Mexico, like all countries in the world, is vulnerable to the adverse effects of this environmental phenomenon, so it will continue working on reducing its emissions in the short and medium term, to reorient its growth model towards low-carbon development, without affecting the Gross Domestic Product.

At the inauguration, President Calderón was accompanied by the Secretaries of Environment and Natural Resources, Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada; energy, Georgina Kessel Martinez; the Director of the Federal Electricity Commission, Alfredo Elías Ayub; the General Director of Acciona Energía México, Miguel Ángel Alonso Rubio; the Governor of the State of Quintana Roo, Félix Arturo González Canto, and the Municipal President of Benito Juárez, Jaime Hernández Zaragoza.

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Authors: Val

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